Judge Denies Mental Exam for Cleaver Murder Suspect
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A Manhattan judge has refused to order an examination to determine whether a former mental patient is fit to stand trial on charges of hacking a psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver.
A state Supreme Court justice, Charles Solomon, says he wants to see 40-year-old David Tarloff back on his psychiatric medicines before he orders an exam. He says Mr. Tarloff seemed stable previously when he was receiving medication.
Mr. Tarloff’s lawyer, Bryan Konoski, says a defense psychiatrist has declared Mr. Tarloff mentally ill.
Mr. Tarloff is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 56-year-old psychotherapist Kathryn Faughey in her Upper East Side office on February 12.
He is also accused of seriously wounding 70-year-old Dr. Kent Shinbach, who tried to help Faughey.
