Police in Manhattan’s Upper East Side have identified the 56 year old psychologist who was hacked to death with a meat cleaver as Dr. Kathryn Faughey. Her office is located on East 79th Street and she is said to reside in a home across the street. Composite photo of assailant available at the end of this post. The undated photo above is of Dr. Faughey and her husband Walter Adam.

The psychologist was attacked on Tuesday night, and one of her colleagues, Dr. Kent Shinbach, 70, sustained serious injuries while trying to help her ward off the male suspect. The staff psychiatrist was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill/Cornell.

Faughey was a licensed psychologist, practicing cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on changing feelings and behaviors. The male suspect, apparently one of her patients, was said to be very deranged, and the murder weapons were likely a meat cleaver and knife, both found at the scene. The knife was severely bent.

Police were summoned by a building doorman at 9:00pm Tuesday night. The scene was said to be blood soaked and totally trashed. The assailant reportedly told the doorman that he was coming to see Dr. Shinbach. He chatted with another patient in the waiting room and then entered Dr. Faughey’s office. Dr. Shinbach found her there after she had been assaulted, and was then attacked by the same assailant, who reportedly had three weapons.

The suspect escaped from the basement of the building. He is described as middle aged with blonde hair. We will provide more details as they emerge.

We’ve got a composite sketch of the assailant here and photos of the crime location.

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