Woman Who Stabbed Nieces Committed to Mental Institution

Lisa Turkki, who stabbed her nieces while babysitting for them, is now under the care of the State Commissioner of Mental Health, confined in a secure facility that Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore did not name.

Turkki, 39, was found not responsible for her actions due to severe mental illness in April as the court weighed the six-count indictment that charged her with

Turkki, a resident of East Syracuse, was in Katonah 10 months ago caring for the 7- and 9-year-old girls while her sister and brother-in-law, Joseph and Eva Kelly, were at the nearby Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. She stabbed the children, called police to report it, and waited outside her sister's Girdle Ridge home

Turkki's insanity plea was

In a press release the DA's office said the confinement is for a period of six months, "subject to further review and confinement."