Arrest made in slaying of psychologist
A 39-year-old man with a history of mental problems was arrested in the slaying of a psychologist attacked in her office with a meat cleaver, police said.
David Tarloff of Queens was taken into custody after investigators matched him with three palm prints found at the bloody crime scene, said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Tarloff made statements incriminating himself during a 25-minute interrogation, Kelly said. Therapist Kathryn Faughey was slashed 15 times with the cleaver and a 9-inch knife in her Manhattan office Tuesday evening.
A psychiatrist who worked in the building, Dr. Kent Shinbach, went to Faughey’s aid and was badly injured.
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