{"id":2521295,"date":"2025-12-15T10:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeless-woman-just-released-from-psych-ward-reportedly-stabbed-mom-while-she-was-changing-her-baby\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:45:47","slug":"homeless-woman-just-released-from-psych-ward-reportedly-stabbed-mom-while-she-was-changing-her-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeless-woman-just-released-from-psych-ward-reportedly-stabbed-mom-while-she-was-changing-her-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Woman Just Released From Psych Ward Reportedly Stabbed Mom While She Was Changing Her Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhomeless-woman-just-released-from-psych-ward-reportedly-stabbed-mom-while-she-was-changing-her-baby%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A woman named Kerri Aherne, who had been released from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reagan-biographer-blasts-idea-of-full-release-for-john-hinckley-jr\/\" title=\"Reagan Biographer Blasts Idea Of Full Release For John Hinckley Jr.\">psychiatric hospital<\/a> earlier the same day, attacked a female tourist from California inside a Macy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starbucks-closing-16-stores-in-democrat-run-cities-over-safety-concerns\/\" title=\"Starbucks Closing 16 Stores in Democrat Run Cities Over Safety Concerns\">store bathroom<\/a><\/a> in New York City just two weeks before Christmas. The tourist, a 38-year-old Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-capitol-police-deny-involvement-in-riot-commission-letter-that-mentioned-gop-leaders\/\" title=\"U.S. Capitol Police Deny Involvement In Riot Commission Letter That Mentioned GOP Leaders\">civilian employee<\/a>, was changing her 10-month-old daughter when Aherne stabbed her multiple times, causing injuries too her back, shoulder, and arm. During the attack, the baby fell to the floor, but the mother managed to subdue the assailant.<\/p>\n<p>Aherne, 43, was charged with attempted murder, assault, child endangerment, and weapons charges. According to prosecutors, she bought the knife at Macy&#8217;s intending to kill someone as &#8220;voices in her head&#8221; commanded her to do so, threatening that if she did not kill, she herself would be killed. Aherne claimed the government was &#8220;putting words into her head&#8221; and torturing her, which led to her actions.<\/p>\n<p>Friends and family of the victim expressed hope for justice, emphasizing that the mother fought back out of instinct to protect her child. aherne was arraigned in Manhattan court and denied bail. the incident disrupted the family&#8217;s first holiday trip to New york since the baby&#8217;s birth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks before Christmas, Macy&rsquo;s Herald Square was the site of a crime that left a tourist wounded as she fended off an attack while she changing her infant daughter.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the fabled New York City department store was the scene on an unprovoked attack as a woman who had been released from a psychiatric hospital that day stabbed a female tourist from California who was changing her baby in a store bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Kerri Aherne, 43, who was charged with attempted murder, assault, child endangerment and weapons, had been let out of the Manhattan Psychiatric Center that day, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/12\/us-news\/homeless-woman-accused-of-stabbing-tourist-inside-nyc-macys-bathroom-was-released-from-psych-hospital-morning-of-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She had purchased a knife at Macy&rsquo;s and looked for someone to kill because voices in her head told her that she had to kill someone or else she would be killed,&rdquo; Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Paul Barker said at a Manhattan court where Aherne was arraigned.<\/p>\n<p>Barker said Aherne was arrested in Massachusetts in 2018 after posting threats concerning Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and other posts about and &ldquo;getting a gun&rdquo; for a shooting at a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/living-through-a-socialist-collapse-an-insiders-account-of-venezuelas-demise\/\" title=\"Living Through A Socialist Collapse: An Insider\u2019s Account Of Venezuela\u2019s Demise\">local police station<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at about 3:10 p.m. in a seventh-floor bathroom where the tourist, a 38-year-old woman who is a civilian employee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office, was changing her 10-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the course of the assault, the baby fell from the table to the floor, but the mother was able to subdue the assailant,&rdquo; Barker said<\/p>\n<p>The tourist was wounded in the back, shoulder and arm.<\/p>\n<p>The baby&rsquo;s paternal grandmother said she hopes justice is done, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/13\/us-news\/woman-stabbed-in-nyc-macys-was-going-off-moms-instinct-while-fighting-off-homeless-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That person should be in jail for the rest of her life,&rdquo; the woman said. The Post did not use her name.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe she should go to jail because what she did was not right,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Justine Silva, a friend of the victim, said she fought back due to &ldquo;a mom&rsquo;s instinct.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not surprised she did that,&rdquo; Silva said. &ldquo;She works out. She&rsquo;s pretty fit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Silva said the family vacation to New York was supposed to Friday, but the family has to stay until Monday due to court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They just had the baby not too long ago and they were just trying to get [away] on holiday. This is their first trip to New York since they had the baby,&rdquo; Silva said.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island, Aherne blamed her actions on a voice in her head.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN&mdash;Kerri Aherne (43) suspect accused of stabbing a woman changing her baby in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys?\">@Macys<\/a> is headed jail, and was denied bail. She was released from Manhattan Psych Center Thursday morning, bought a knife <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys?\">@Macys<\/a> , and told prosecutors &ldquo;voices&rdquo; told her to kill someone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1010WINS?\">@1010WINS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFNdJmkCtY\">pic.twitter.com\/VFNdJmkCtY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mary-Lyn Buckley (@ml_buckley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ml_buckley\/status\/1999659847847907339?\">December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It said that I had to go to Macy&rsquo;s and kill someone,&rdquo; Kerri Aherne said during an exclusive jailhouse interview Saturday according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/13\/us-news\/homeless-woman-accused-of-stabbing-tourist-at-macys-says-voices-ordered-her-to-kill-i-am-being-tortured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said she bought the knife used in the stabbing with money given to her by a social worker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The voice said, &lsquo;Kill someone in the bathroom or you will die,&rdquo;&nbsp;she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also alleged she was &ldquo;being tortured by the government. They put words into my head. They told me that I had to kill or they would kill me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I apologize. Is she OK? I know she had a little baby,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not my fault. She should be upset with the government. I don&rsquo;t want to hurt anyone. I don&rsquo;t want to kill anyone. It&rsquo;s not me. It&rsquo;s the government&rsquo;s fault. 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