BOSTON (AP) — The man accused of stabbing a woman to death inside a Massachusetts public library has been sent to a maximum security psychiatric hospital.
Defense Attorney J.W. Carney <a target=”—blank” href=”https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/02/man-accused-murdering-deane-stryker-winchester-public-libray-sent-psychiatric-hospital/47xIT5GaGR6YoiZHCxFlaI/story.html”>tells</a> The Boston Globe that 23-year-old Jeffrey Yao was transferred to Bridgewater State Hospital after officials from the Middlesex Sherriff’s Office told a judge he was too mentally ill to remain in jail.
Yao has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of 22-year-old Deane Kenny Stryker. Authorities say he stabbed Stryker 20 times with a hunting knife at the Winchester Public Library on Saturday in what prosecutors have called an unprovoked attack.
Carney praised the sheriff’s office for recognizing that Yao is “not appropriate for a jail, but rather a maximum security psychiatric hospital.”
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Information from: The Boston Globe, <a target=”—blank” href=”http://www.bostonglobe.com”>http://www.bostonglobe.com</a>