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Posted: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 1:04PM
Psych Exam Ordered for NY Murder Suspect
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island woman accused of killing her husband will undergo a psychiatric exam to determine whether she is fit to stand trial.
Kathleen Prisco, who's 48, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Prosecutors say she stabbed 54-year-old Ralph Prisco more than a dozen times in their home in Fort Salonga, a wealthy community on Long Island's north shore.
She is under a suicide watch at the Suffolk County jail.
A district court judge ordered the exam Monday; Prisco is due in court Thursday for a bail hearing.
She feared being ``framed'' by her tax attorney husband, according to court papers. Neither prosecutors nor her defense attorney were able to interpret what that meant.
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