Suspect in 'unprovoked' Macy's rest room stabbing had historical past of psychological sickness

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The homeless Massachusetts lady charged within the stabbing of one other lady within the rest room of Macy's in New York City has a historical past of psychological sickness, was launched from a psychiatric hospital hours earlier than the assault and claimed voices in her head mentioned she "needed to kill somebody" or be killed.

Kerri Aherne, 43, stabbed a California lady within the again on Thursday as she was altering her child inside a rest room within the iconic Macy's Herald Sq..

The sufferer, who has solely been recognized by her employment with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Division, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and was discharged on Friday.

Aherne was charged with attempted murder, two counts of assault, felony possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a kid in reference to what police have described as an unprovoked assault. She is being held with out bail.

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Kerri Aherne was charged with tried homicide, two counts of assault, felony possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a kid in reference to a stabbing assault at Macy's in NYC. (Angela Weiss/AFP through Getty Pictures)

Courtroom information present Aherne, whose final recognized deal with was in Tewksbury, Massachusetts , has a protracted historical past of scuffling with psychological sickness.

Prosecutors mentioned in a felony grievance that Aherne informed police she had been discharged from Manhattan Psychiatric Middle the morning of Thursday's stabbing after a yearlong keep.

She additionally allegedly mentioned she bought a knife at Macy's and regarded for somebody to kill as a result of "voices in her head informed her she needed to kill somebody, or she can be killed."

In 2019, information present she was deemed an incapacitated individual, and her mom and sister had been appointed as her guardians, in response to the New York Submit.

Aherne was positioned on a court-ordered therapy plan to make sure she continues taking Prolixin, an antipsychotic treatment used to deal with schizophrenia, the information present.

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Kerri Aherne has a protracted historical past of scuffling with psychological sickness, in response to authorities. (Kena Betancur/AFP through Getty Pictures)

Her Fb has been inactive since 2018. In considered one of her final posts, she wrote, "Going a bit of insane," together with a nonetheless from a Michael Jackson video.

Aherne was arraigned on Friday, when her lawyer informed the court docket he plans to request bail at a future listening to.

When the choose mentioned she can be held with out bail till her subsequent court docket look, Aherne interrupted and begged to not be despatched to a different mental health facility, the New York Submit reported.

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