Psychology Today | 15.06.2026 20:18
On October 30, 2012, in Naperville, Illinois, 40-year-old Elzbieta Plackowska stabbed her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting. She told evaluators she had been hearing voices. The psychiatrist retained by her defense concluded she was in the grip of a manic episode and could not appreciate that what she had done was wrong.
