GUILTY NY - Dr. Kathryn Faughey, 56, murdered in her Manhattan office, 12 Feb 2008

[SuziQ]

I'm thinking the suspect is a caregiver for his elderly mother, grandma who was a patient of Shindach's. Which makes me think of the movie "Psycho".

 

[Filly]

I'm thinking the suspect is a caregiver for his elderly mother, grandma who was a patient of Shindach's. Which makes me think of the movie "Psycho".

Wow. Suzie, this was all just on the news and my mom lives with me. She said the same exact thing. He doesn't look that old. Being the caregiver is so stressful. Perhaps he Doctor gave his mom meds? I've been seeing alot of elderly people put on all the antidepressant medicines. Anything could have happened. Maybe he murdered his mom or grandmom, and then went after the psychiatrist.

 

[SuziQ]

I'm thinking along those lines and that Dr. Faughey was not the target. I think Dr. Faughey was in the wrong place at the wrong time. According the the NY Times:

A middle-aged man in a black cap and sneakers walked into the building, toting two pieces of black luggage. He said he was there to see a psychiatrist named Kent D. Shinbach. But Dr. Shinbach had another patient, a woman, waiting for him, so the man sat on a couch and made small talk. Then he disappeared into the office of the other doctor, Kathryn Faughey, the police said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/nyregion/14cnd-slay.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

 

[close_enough]

Anytime, close enough. That's a right frightening movie. I have it on VHS.

yes it is....i'll still watch it, when it pops up on TV sometimes....

just heard Jeanine Piro (sp?) mention "Dressed to Kill" on Fox, relating to this case also!....

 

[close_enough]

I'm thinking along those lines and that Dr. Faughey was not the target. I think Dr. Faughey was in the wrong place at the wrong time. According the the NY Times:

A middle-aged man in a black cap and sneakers walked into the building, toting two pieces of black luggage. He said he was there to see a psychiatrist named Kent D. Shinbach. But Dr. Shinbach had another patient, a woman, waiting for him, so the man sat on a couch and made small talk. Then he disappeared into the office of the other doctor, Kathryn Faughey, the police said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/nyregion/14cnd-slay.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

so Faughey & Shinbach were in the same office together....like same floor of the building?...that's how i'm understanding it

eta...he used the name Shinbach to throw off LE???....doesn't make sense

 

[SewingDeb]

Sources: Victim identifies cleaver killer

NYPD waits for forensics to arrest suspect

UPPER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- Police sources tell Eyewitness News the surviving victim of the attack that left a psychologist dead has identified the man questioned today by police in Pennsylvania as the killer. Police are awaiting forensic evidence before they make an arrest.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5956939

There is a also a statement from the man who was questioned.

 

[close_enough]

Sources: Victim identifies cleaver killer

NYPD waits for forensics to arrest suspect

UPPER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- Police sources tell Eyewitness News the surviving victim of the attack that left a psychologist dead has identified the man questioned today by police in Pennsylvania as the killer. Police are awaiting forensic evidence before they make an arrest.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=5956939

There is a also a statement from the man who was questioned.

from the above link..
"The reasons they had for questioning me were valid," said William Kunsman, of Coplay, Pa., adding that he was "extremely saddened" to hear of her death. "I've been in more contact with Kathryn lately. I've been speaking to her a lot lately on the phone and by email. I guess that's what led them here."
He last spoke to her Tuesday afternoon but declined to say what their conversation was about. "That's personal. She was just being a friend," he said.

interesting....very creepy if this is the guy

 

[SuziQ]

And here I thought I had the suitcase solved...

Kunsman was in contact with Faughey lately, but didn't know what had happened to her two days later? I'm not sure I buy that. From the below link:

http://www.wnbc.com/news/15298960/detail.html?dl=mainclick
Kunsman said he had gotten up for the bathroom when police knocked on the door.

"They didn't say anything other than they wanted me for questioning," he said. "I had no idea what was going on because I hadn't even heard the news about Kathryn. It didn't become clear to me until during the questioning what had happened."

 

[Filly]

O.K. so first off he wasn't going to kill an innocent person because he sat next to the other Doctor's patient, and spoke to her. He could have killed her right there. I'm sorry I didn't mean an innocent person, but one who doesn't have any relation to this person. He couldn't have been kidnapping anyone because how would he have got them out? Maybe he was her patient, and was put on meds. I don't know. So, it is not the man from upstate, Pa or is it?The guy they let go is now identified by Doctor Shinbach?

 

[Filly]

And here I thought I had the suitcase solved...

Kunsman was in contact with Faughey lately, but didn't know what had happened to her two days later? I'm not sure I buy that. From the below link:

http://www.wnbc.com/news/15298960/detail.html?dl=mainclick
Kunsman said he had gotten up for the bathroom when police knocked on the door.

"They didn't say anything other than they wanted me for questioning," he said. "I had no idea what was going on because I hadn't even heard the news about Kathryn. It didn't become clear to me until during the questioning what had happened."

Sorry for the cross posts. So it IS him? The cops let him go? The NYC cops or the State cops let him go? He has to have fingerprints all over the place, no?

 

[Pharlap]

Sorry for the cross posts. So it IS him? The cops let him go? The NYC cops or the State cops let him go? He has to have fingerprints all over the place, no?

I sure hope to god this isn't the keystone cops....sry...
This doesn't make any sense to me yet....:waitasec:

 

[close_enough]

O.K. so first off he wasn't going to kill an innocent person because he sat next to the other Doctor's patient, and spoke to her. He could have killed her right there. I'm sorry I didn't mean an innocent person, but one who doesn't have any relation to this person. He couldn't have been kidnapping anyone because how would he have got them out? Maybe he was her patient, and was put on meds. I don't know. So, it is not the man from upstate, Pa or is it?The guy they let go is now identified by Doctor Shinbach?

i have the same question...from the article i read, it made it sound like the witness identified this guy as the killer, & now they just have to get the evidence

 

[close_enough]

Posted: 04:53 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNN) — Police Thursday questioned a man seen in a surveillance video in the lobby of an Upper East Side building where a therapist was hacked to death with a meat cleaver, a New York Police spokesman told CNN.

NYPD Chief Assistant Michael Collins said the man was not arrested, and did not make any “incriminating” statements during his interviews with police in Pennsylvania.

The man spoke with investigators for a time before he requested a lawyer and then refused to answer additional questions, Collins said. He did not say how long police questioned the man, whom he did not identify.

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/14/investigators-questioned-man-seen-on-surveillance-video/

 

[SuziQ]

I am editing my post. The below link is a better video of Kunsman. I don't think it looks like the guy at all. I don't see a bald spot on the back of his head. From what I can see that is.

http://cbs3.com/video/[email protected]

 

[SuziQ]

I don't know the details of how and what was ID'd, but....

http://www.nbc10.com/news/15302617/detail.html?dl=mainclick
(snip)
Police sources out of New York City said by late afternoon that the man is no longer being considered someone who could have been involved in the killing.

 

[close_enough]

I am editing my post. The below link is a better video of Kunsman. I don't think it looks like the guy at all. I don't see a bald spot on the back of his head. From what I can see that is.

http://cbs3.com/video/[email protected]

where are you seeing a bald spot on the back of the killer's head?

eta....i see the guy with a cap of some kind on....

 

[SuziQ]

where are you seeing a bald spot on the back of the killer's head?

eta....i see the guy with a cap of some kind on....

If you go to the below link and look at pic 4, it says the guy no longer has a hat on.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02142008/photos/news003.jpg

 

[close_enough]

If you go to the below link and look at pic 4, it says the guy no longer has a hat on.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02142008/photos/news003.jpg

thanks Suzi...i hadn't seen this picture

 

[Pharlap]

If you go to the below link and look at pic 4, it says the guy no longer has a hat on.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/02142008/photos/news003.jpg

Ya, you can't mis it.

 

[close_enough]

Ya, you can't mis it.

yeah, that bald spot is very obvious.....guessing he lost his cap while struggling with Shinbach?

eta...or he wanted to look different, leaving the building....hmm