Accused Psychiatrist Killer Found Unfit for Trial

Jen Chung

Published Aug 29, 2008

Modified Aug 29, 2008

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Jen Chung

Published Aug 29, 2008

Modified Aug 29, 2008

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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.