Naperville Woman Charged in Stabbing Deaths to Undergo Psych Evaluation

DuPage County judge orders psychiatric exam for Naperville babysitter Elzbieta Plackowska.

DuPage County Judge Robert Kleeman ordered a psychiatric exam for Naperville babysitter Elzbieta Plackowska, who is accused of stabbing to death her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl, according to the Daily Herald. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. In the anticipation of a possible insanity defense, prosecutors filed a request last week to have Plackowska undergo a psychological evaluation, which was granted by Kleeman Tuesday, the Daily Herald reports. Prosecutors said 40-year-old Plackowska told her 7-year-old son Justin and 5-year-old Olivia Dworakowski to get on their knees and pray before fatally stabbing both children nearly 100 times. On the night of Oct. 30, when …

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