this is a horrific story, the psychologist who was killed might not have chosen to carry if it was legal for her, but at least if it were her choice she would have had SOME measure of control over this situation. not saying that people who choose not to be responsible for their own safety are inviting murder, but they are actively giving up the right to effectively protect themselves. really sad. here it is
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23162202/
NEW YORK - New York police investigators on Thursday questioned a man in Pennsylvania in the slaying of a psychologist hacked to death in her office with a meat cleaver, law enforcement officials said.
The man being questioned met victim Kathryn Faughey at a guitar camp six years ago with her husband and were friends but not romantically linked, one of the officials said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Pennsylvania State Police spokeswoman Cpl. Linette Quinn confirmed that New York detectives conducted an interview related to the case Thursday morning inside the agency's Bethlehem barracks.
The man is in his 40s and has not been arrested. The man was found through Faughey's recent e-mail records, and was picked up by Pennsylvania State Troopers at his home without incident around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Further details about the man are not known, including whether he is an actual suspect in the killing itself.
Faughey was stabbed 15 times in her office Tuesday evening. A psychiatrist who works in the building was badly injured by the attacker.
Plenty of clues to follow
Police hunting for the suspect, who used a 9-inch knife and a meat cleaver, have plenty of clues: a sketch, a witness, surveillance footage and two bags full of bizarre items the killer left in the victim’s office.
What they don’t know yet is why the balding, middle-aged suspect attacked the 56-year-old therapist and seriously hurt a colleague who came to her aid.
Investigators combed the slain woman’s computer for clues, interviewed a traumatized patient who witnessed Wednesday’s attack and analyzed security camera footage to see whether the attacker had been to the office before his deadly rampage.
Police were trying to determine whether the suspect was a patient of the dead therapist, Faughey, or had a connection to someone she was counseling. Faughey treated people for relationship and intimacy issues and job stress.
Police: Suspect left bags behind
Police said the suspect left behind a roller suitcase filled with adult diapers and women’s clothing — including blouses and slippers — and a smaller second bag containing eight knives, rope and duct tape that were not apparently used in the attack.
The killing shocked the mental health care community and raised questions about safety protections at therapists’ offices. It also rattled residents of the affluent Manhattan neighborhood around Faughey’s office.
“Everyone in the building is very nervous, because we know that this person is loose. It’s very frightening,” said Linda Elliott, who lives in the East 79th Street building where the attack occurred. It is in a bustling neighborhood just blocks from a major hospital complex.
Carrying the two bags and dressed in a three-quarter-length green coat, knit cap and gloves, the suspect breezed past the building’s doorman, saying he had an appointment with Dr. Kent Shinbach, a 70-year-old geriatric psychiatrist who worked in the same office suite as Faughey, according to police. Shinbach had office hours into the evening, police said, but it wasn’t clear whether Shinbach or Faughey was the intended target.
Terrifying scene
The suspect walked into the suite’s waiting room, where a female patient was waiting to see Shinbach, and at some point went into Faughey’s office and attacked her, police said. Shinbach heard Faughey’s screams and ran to help.
The suspect apparently didn’t recognize Shinbach when he opened the door and said “she’s dead,” referring to Faughey, police said. He then attacked the psychiatrist, stabbing at Shinbach and pinning him to the wall with a chair before stealing $90 and escaping through a basement door, according to police.
Shinbach screamed out to the street from Faughey’s office for help, and the building doorman called 911 around 9 p.m. By then, the suspect had escaped.
Shinbach had slash wounds on his head, face and hands. Police, believing the killer may have been injured in the attack, issued alerts to area hospitals.
Blood was found on the basement doorknob, and police said the route outside from the first-floor office wasn’t very obvious; it was possible the suspect knew where he was going. Surveillance tapes show the suspect deliberately leaving the luggage by the basement door before walking out.
Community in shock
The attack shocked the mental health care community and raised questions about safety protections at therapists' offices. It also rattled residents of the affluent neighborhood where Faughey shared an office suite with Shinbach.
"Everyone in the building is very nervous, because we know that this person is loose. It's very frightening," said Linda Elliott, who lives in the building where the attack occurred.
Faughey, a licensed psychologist and graduate of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, described herself as a specialist in cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on changing thoughts that cause feelings or behaviors.
On her Web site, Faughey said she treated patients for relationship issues, coping with breakups, anxiety, panic attacks, stress over job changes and online intimacy, such as relationship issues arising from computer and text messaging.
Her husband, Walter Adam, said Faughey was one of seven children of Irish immigrant parents and the first in her family to go to college.
"She helped so many people, rich and poor," Adam told reporters. "She was a very good and decent person."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23162202/
NEW YORK - New York police investigators on Thursday questioned a man in Pennsylvania in the slaying of a psychologist hacked to death in her office with a meat cleaver, law enforcement officials said.
The man being questioned met victim Kathryn Faughey at a guitar camp six years ago with her husband and were friends but not romantically linked, one of the officials said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Pennsylvania State Police spokeswoman Cpl. Linette Quinn confirmed that New York detectives conducted an interview related to the case Thursday morning inside the agency's Bethlehem barracks.
The man is in his 40s and has not been arrested. The man was found through Faughey's recent e-mail records, and was picked up by Pennsylvania State Troopers at his home without incident around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Further details about the man are not known, including whether he is an actual suspect in the killing itself.
Faughey was stabbed 15 times in her office Tuesday evening. A psychiatrist who works in the building was badly injured by the attacker.
Plenty of clues to follow
Police hunting for the suspect, who used a 9-inch knife and a meat cleaver, have plenty of clues: a sketch, a witness, surveillance footage and two bags full of bizarre items the killer left in the victim’s office.
What they don’t know yet is why the balding, middle-aged suspect attacked the 56-year-old therapist and seriously hurt a colleague who came to her aid.
Investigators combed the slain woman’s computer for clues, interviewed a traumatized patient who witnessed Wednesday’s attack and analyzed security camera footage to see whether the attacker had been to the office before his deadly rampage.
Police were trying to determine whether the suspect was a patient of the dead therapist, Faughey, or had a connection to someone she was counseling. Faughey treated people for relationship and intimacy issues and job stress.
Police: Suspect left bags behind
Police said the suspect left behind a roller suitcase filled with adult diapers and women’s clothing — including blouses and slippers — and a smaller second bag containing eight knives, rope and duct tape that were not apparently used in the attack.
The killing shocked the mental health care community and raised questions about safety protections at therapists’ offices. It also rattled residents of the affluent Manhattan neighborhood around Faughey’s office.
“Everyone in the building is very nervous, because we know that this person is loose. It’s very frightening,” said Linda Elliott, who lives in the East 79th Street building where the attack occurred. It is in a bustling neighborhood just blocks from a major hospital complex.
Carrying the two bags and dressed in a three-quarter-length green coat, knit cap and gloves, the suspect breezed past the building’s doorman, saying he had an appointment with Dr. Kent Shinbach, a 70-year-old geriatric psychiatrist who worked in the same office suite as Faughey, according to police. Shinbach had office hours into the evening, police said, but it wasn’t clear whether Shinbach or Faughey was the intended target.
Terrifying scene
The suspect walked into the suite’s waiting room, where a female patient was waiting to see Shinbach, and at some point went into Faughey’s office and attacked her, police said. Shinbach heard Faughey’s screams and ran to help.
The suspect apparently didn’t recognize Shinbach when he opened the door and said “she’s dead,” referring to Faughey, police said. He then attacked the psychiatrist, stabbing at Shinbach and pinning him to the wall with a chair before stealing $90 and escaping through a basement door, according to police.
Shinbach screamed out to the street from Faughey’s office for help, and the building doorman called 911 around 9 p.m. By then, the suspect had escaped.
Shinbach had slash wounds on his head, face and hands. Police, believing the killer may have been injured in the attack, issued alerts to area hospitals.
Blood was found on the basement doorknob, and police said the route outside from the first-floor office wasn’t very obvious; it was possible the suspect knew where he was going. Surveillance tapes show the suspect deliberately leaving the luggage by the basement door before walking out.
Community in shock
The attack shocked the mental health care community and raised questions about safety protections at therapists' offices. It also rattled residents of the affluent neighborhood where Faughey shared an office suite with Shinbach.
"Everyone in the building is very nervous, because we know that this person is loose. It's very frightening," said Linda Elliott, who lives in the building where the attack occurred.
Faughey, a licensed psychologist and graduate of Yeshiva University in the Bronx, described herself as a specialist in cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on changing thoughts that cause feelings or behaviors.
On her Web site, Faughey said she treated patients for relationship issues, coping with breakups, anxiety, panic attacks, stress over job changes and online intimacy, such as relationship issues arising from computer and text messaging.
Her husband, Walter Adam, said Faughey was one of seven children of Irish immigrant parents and the first in her family to go to college.
"She helped so many people, rich and poor," Adam told reporters. "She was a very good and decent person."
