Suspect Accused Of Stabbing Tourist At Macy's Herald Square Indicted

NEW YORK CITY — A woman accused of stabbing a tourist multiple times inside Macy's Herald Square last week has been indicted by a grand jury.

Kerri Aherne, 43, faces attempted murder, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child charges.

The suspect is accused of stabbing a 38-year-old tourist, who was visiting from California, while she was changing her 10-month-old daughter's diaper in a seventh-floor bathroom on Dec. 11.

The mother was able to fend off Aherne with the help of her husband. The baby was not harmed in the incident.

The mother and father both work for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The 38-year-old woman suffered stab wounds to the back and arm, police said.

Aherne was apparently discharged from a Manhattan psychiatric ward the morning of the stabbing. She had been at the facility for over a year.

The suspect told police that voices in her head told her to "kill someone, or she would be killed." She then purchased a knife at Macy's and went looking for someone to kill.

Aherne is expected to be arraigned on Jan. 7.