Before a jury could even be finalized, a State Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of the schizophrenic man accused of slaughtering a psychologist with a meat cleaver in February 2008. Though David Tarloff was found fit to stand trial in August, today two court-appointed doctors visited Tarloff in his holding cell and found him "catatonic" and mentally unfit to stand trial. "He stripped down naked and was running around the ward," one of Tarloff's court-appointed lawyers told the judge. The Daily News reports that the "unfit" ruling elicited groans from the courtroom. more ›

David Tarloff, a paranoid schizophrenic who killed an Upper East Side psychiatrist in February 2008, was found fit to stand trial. According to the Post, "Tarloff, 41 -- a Messianic madman who believes he is the younger brother of Jesus Christ -- will argue he is not guilty by reason of insanity when he is tried this Fall for the gruesome slashing murder of Dr. Kathryn Faughey, 56, in her East 79th Street offices." more ›

The man accused of killing an Upper East Side psychologist with knives and a meat cleaver in February 2008 told detectives after his arrest, "I was trying to scare her." The 20 minute video of David Tarloff, recorded four days after he allegedly killed therapist Kathryn Faughey in her office, was played yesterday during a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. In the video, Tarloff "appeared alternately coherent, confused and disturbed," the Times reports. And as detectives were about to leave the room, he told them: more ›

Two psychiatrists have found David Tarloff, who killed an Upper East Side psychiatrist in February, unfit to stand trial. But the NY Times reports that his lawyer Bryan Konski wants a "more complete examination" by another court-appointed psychiatrist (two court-appointed psychiatrists made the unfit assessment), claiming that Tarloff "had been medicated before being examined." Konski is worried that his client, a schizophrenic who killed the office mate of the psychiatrist who diagnosed him with the illness 17 years ago (that psychiatrist was seriously injured in the attack), will be sent to a facility "where he would be medicated until he was found fit." Konski said his Tarloff, who is on suicide watch, is "a mess. Worse than I have ever seen him.” more ›

The man who allegedly stabbed an Upper East Side psychiatrist to death was now found unfit to stand trial according to new psychiatric reports obtained by WABC 7. Though David Tarloff was previously found fit to stand trial, he was re-evaluated after he assaulted a Queens court guard. One psychiatrist said, "The defendant's eye contact is intense and ominous. His mood is irate and very easily angered. Mr. Tarloff does not talk about his Manhattan case but does reference it on several occasions: 'I know the the incident in Manhattan, but I never hit anyone since grade school.'" His lawyer said it's ironic "that you can be found unfit in one county, Queens, but yet come over the border essentially to Manhtattan and be found fit there" and hopes that prosecutors agree Tarloff needs to be in a state psychiatric hospital. more ›

The man who is suspected of killing an Upper East Side psychiatrist and injuring her colleague will be given his anti-psychotic and mood-stabilizing medication by court order. State Supreme Court Justice John E.H. Stackhouse granted Bellevue doctors permission to medicate David Tarloff, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. more ›

David Tarloff, who is accused of slaying an Upper East Side therapist with a meat cleaver, is apparently getting some bad treatment himself on Rikers Island. Reportedly he isn't receiving his medication properly, or at all. more ›

Despite some bizarre behavior during his arraignment earlier this week, David Tarloff has been found fit to stand trial for the cleaver-hacking murder of psychologist Kathryn Faughey. The initial target of Tarloff's wrath was Dr. Kent Shinbach, whose office was next door to Faughey's. Shinbach apparently had Tarloff institutionalized some years ago and the schizophrenic man had undergone electro-shock treatments. more ›

Fingers are being pointed at a Queens psychiatrist who allowed David Tarloff to be released 10 days before he killed an Upper East Side psychologist and attacked another. Tarloff had been arrested after assaulting a security guard at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, and police say Dr. Reddy Bezwada's evaluation read, "The individual does not require further psychiatric treatment at this time." more ›

As David Tarloff is held in the murder of therapist Kathryn Faughey, the Manhattan DA's office is planning on showing how the crime was premeditated. Tarloff was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder (when he slashed another doctor, Kent Shinbach), and first-degree assault. more ›

The man accused of slashing Upper East Side psychologist Kathryn Faughey to death and attacking another doctor was arraigned in court yesterday. And 39-year-old David Tarloff, a schizophrenic with a history of violence, made it quite an arraignment. more ›

The police arrested a Queens resident for the murder of a therapist on the Upper East Side. David Tarloff, 39, apparently made "statement implicating himself" in the brutal death of Dr. Kathryn Faughey as well as the attack on Dr. Kent Shinbach, who Tarloff claimed institutionalized him in 1991. Tarloff, who is schizophrenic, has a history of violent crime. more ›