NEW YORK (AP) - Police have charged a neighbor who has a history of emotional problems in the fatal stabbing of a 70-year-old New York City advertising executive.
Anya Johnston was arrested Wednesday in the Oct. 21 death of Susan Trott. The 24-year-old is awaiting arraignment on murder and burglary charges.
Court records didn’t list a lawyer who could comment on her behalf.
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Police say officers have encountered Johnston in the past and had considered her an emotionally disturbed person.
Trott, a creative partner at a digital brand agency, was found knifed in the neck in her Upper West Side bedroom.
Police said they found a trail of blood leading from the living room.
Johnson, who lived upstairs, was considered a suspect almost immediately and was taken to a hospital for a psychological evaluation.
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