It rehashes the details and says she "professed love for the child."
It rehashes the details and says she "professed love for the child."
Well, between this and the hot mess that's upstairs from me (the grandma has dementia and is VERY paranoid and has made death threats to her daughter, collects knives and stores them under her bed, immigrated from Poland in the 70's, and still speaks Polish) I'm ready to just back slowly away from any old Polish lady I see. Ever.
Originally Posted by Ron_NYC
Wasn't the crazy, terrifying old bat in the movie "Drag Me To Hell" Polish?
That was on tv down here about 5 days ago!
I'm not postive because I didn't watch properly, but I got the feeling what with all the curses & shit that maybe she was supposed to be an European Romany stereotype - so she totally could've been Polish Romany.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local...261103531.html
Thursday, May 29, 2014 ? Updated at 10:39 AM CDT
A psychiatrist has found a grandmother from southwest suburban Oak Lawn, accused of killing her infant granddaughter, not mentally fit for trial, but she faces a June 4 hearing at which a judge will hear evidence on whether she can be tried for the slaying.
Alfreda Giedrojc, 62, is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 6 death of 5-month-old Vivian Summers in Giedrojc?s house in the 6600 block of 91st Street.
Authorities say Giedrojc used a sledgehammer and carving knife to kill her granddaughter, whom she was watching while the baby?s father and Giedrojc?s husband were across the street helping Giedrojc?s son with a home improvement project. Giedrojc has been held at the Cook County Jail since the killing.
"The defendant placed the baby on the floor and retrieved a sledgehammer from her closet which she had placed there the night before," Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Michael Deno said in court in October. "The defendant then hit the victim repeatedly in the head and body with the sledgehammer."
On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Colleen Hyland reported that Dr. Matthew Marcos, of the Cook County Forensic Clinical Services, had determined that Giedrojc was not mentally able to stand trial.
Neither Assistant State?s Attorney Michael Deno nor Assistant Public Defender Michael Wilson requested a second opinion. Wilson was not available for comment after the hearing, and Deno declined comment.
Giedrojc appeared in court wearing jail-issued blue coveralls and blue sneakers, her graying hair worn straight. She showed no emotion as a Polish interpreter translated for her. No family members, friends or neighbors were in the courtroom.
The court-ordered psychiatric evaluation of Giedrojc was due in March but was delayed. At an April court hearing, more time was requested to submit the report, which was delivered to the judge on Wednesday.
http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/ne...r-june-30.html
A hearing to determine whether an Oak Lawn grandmother accused of killing her infant granddaughter with a sledgehammer and knife is fit to stand trial has been rescheduled for June 30, a Cook County State?s Attorney?s office spokeswoman said Monday.
The hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. before Judge Clayton Crane in Room 600 at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building at 26th Street and California Avenue in Chicago. It originally was scheduled for June 4.
Circuit Court Judge Colleen Hyland said on May 28 that Dr. Matthew Marcos, of Cook County Forensic Clinical Services, had determined that Alfreda Giedrojc was not mentally able to stand trial. A judge, however, still must hear the evidence on whether she can be tried for the slaying. The June 4 hearing was rescheduled by mutual agreement of prosecutors and the defense.
Giedrojc is charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 6 death of 5-month-old Vivian Summers in Giedrojc?s house in the 6600 block of 91st Street.
Authorities say Giedrojc used a sledgehammer and carving knife to kill her granddaughter, whom she was watching while the baby?s father and Giedrojc?s husband were across the street helping Giedrojc?s son with a home improvement project. Giedrojc has been held at the Cook County Jail since the killing.
The court-ordered psychiatric evaluation of Giedrojc, 62, was due in March but was delayed. At an April court hearing, more time was requested to submit the report, which was submitted in May.
Neither Assistant State?s Attorney Michael Deno nor Assistant Public Defender Michael Wilson requested a second opinion.
Not fit to stand trial? Shocker.
Omg...This totally reminds me of an episode of Obsession I watched the other day!
http://www.investigationdiscovery.co...youve-done.htm
A year after being found unfit to stand trial, court waits for results of new evaluation to determine Oak Lawn grandmother's sanity
The Oak Lawn woman accused of murdering her infant granddaughter appeared in a Bridgeview courtroom almost a year after she was found unfit to stand trial.
Alfreda Giedrojc, who is now 63, is charged with first degree murder of her 6-month-old granddaughter, Vivian Summers. She is accused of bludgeoning and slashing the baby's throat in October 2013 in a gruesome murder that shocked Oak Lawn residents.
According to past testimony, Giedrojc's son-in-law, Joel Summers, of Bolingbrook, had dropped off Baby Vivian the morning of Oct. 6, 2013 at her grandparents' Oak Lawn home in the 6600 block of West 91st Street. He then headed across the street to help a neighbor with a rehab project.
"After the defendant's husband left, the defendant took the victim off the couch where she had been sleeping and put her on the floor. She picked up a sledge hammer that she had placed in her closet the night before and hit the victim repeatedly in the head and body with the hammer," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Michael Deno said during Giedrojc's bond hearing the day after the baby's murder in 2013.
When the baby would not stop moving, prosecutors said, Giedrojc picked her up and slashed the child's throat with a kitchen carving knife. Giedrojc's husband, Boleslaw, came home 10 minutes later and discovered the gravely injured baby.
He called his son-in-law across the street and told him to come home immediately. The child's father made the initial 911 call. While en route, Oak Lawn police learned there was a child that had been injured. Baby Vivian was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
The Cook County Medical Examiner indicated that the baby's death was caused by blunt trauma to the head and an inch-long slash wound to the neck. Giedrojc admitted to killing her granddaughter and described the acts in a video-taped statement made to Oak Lawn police, including hiding the hammer in a bedroom closet the night before, prosecutors have said. She has been without bail at Cook County Jail since that day.
The Oak Lawn grandmother, who speaks only Polish and uses a court interpreter, is being represented by an assistant public defender, Michael Wilson. Wilson has in the past expressed "bona fide doubt" about his client's ability to assist in her defense.
During a fitness hearing in July 2014, Cook County Judge Clayton Crane agreed with the findings of psychiatrist Dr. Matthew Markos, of Cook County Forensic Clinical Services, who found Giedrojc unfit to stand trial.
At that hearing, it was learned that Giedrojc has an eighth-grade education and immigrated to the United States in 1983. She and her husband, who is retired, have both lived in Oak Lawn for 20 years where they raised four children. Giedrojc's daughter, Amy Summers, is the baby's mother, reports said.
Judge Crane ordered a treatment schedule for Giedrojc and said she must be re-evaluated after one year to determine whether she is fit to stand trial after treatment.
On Tuesday, prosecutors, the court interpreter and presiding Judge Colleen Hyland waited for Wilson to show up for Giedrojc's hearing. Rodney Carr, supervisor of the public defenders office in Bridgeview, stood in.
If the length of Giedrojc's hair is any indication of how much time has passed, her formerly short coif was replaced by a long ponytail swept back off her face during her court hearing on Tuesday.
In a court appearance that took less than a minute, Carr said that the Oak Lawn woman's assistant public defender has an evaluation pending and asked for a status hearing next month.
Judge Hyland set Aug. 19 for the next hearing date.
After the hearing, Giedrojc thanked Carr and the interpreter before being led off by sheriff's deputies.
http://patch.com/illinois/bolingbroo...brook-infant-0
Last edited by luvit; 07-13-2015 at 11:25 PM. Reason: Punctuation Correction
So it was premeditated too? Fuck.
This woman was not mentally ill. She knew they were bringing the baby and planned to kill her. That is completely insane. Grandmas are supposed to love grandkids smh
You can be mentally ill and still plan. She was indisputably mentally ill, still culpable.
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