Sentenced: Man Who Was Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity In Attack On 2 Women Is Detained In Killing Of Female Chase Employee

[Sugar Cookie]

The suspect in the senseless slaying of a Chase employee stabbed inside one of the bank's Chicago branches had previously been charged with attacking two other women in 2014 but found not guilty by reason of insanity, police officials said.

Jessica Vilaythong, 24, was talking to a fellow employee inside the bank when a man entered the building and spoke briefly with Vilaythong before stabbing her in the neck on Wednesday.

Vilaythong died from her injuries on Thursday, and Chicago officers apprehended a 35-year-old man who had been arrested for assaulting and robbing two 55-year-old women in Navy Pier in 2014.

The man had been found not guilty by reason of insanity and had been released into a mental health center in 2017, NBC 5 reports.

Police have not identified the suspect and said the investigation was still ongoing.

Witnesses said they saw the man brandish the bloody knife on the street following the attack, covered in blood.

Chase worker is stabbed to death in broad daylight in Chicago

Jessica Vilaythong, 24, was talking to a fellow employee inside the bank when a man entered the building and spoke briefly with Vilaythong before stabbing her in the neck and killing her.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Sevens My Charm]

That worked out well, right

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A man with a long history of mental illness and violent attacks has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for stabbing a Chase bank employee to death during a random attack in downtown Chicago one year ago.

Jawaun Westbrooks, 36, pleaded guilty to murder in exchange for the sentence from Judge Charles Burns. His parole date is scheduled for August 26, 2058.

Westbrooks has an extensive criminal history, including multiple violent attacks in the downtown area, that courts have linked to severe psychiatric problems.

On July 8, 2014, he struck two women in their heads with a hammer as they walked past him in the 400 block of North Lower Lake Shore Drive near Navy Pier. The women were both hospitalized with head injuries from the attack. During a bench trial, a judge found him not guilty of attempted murder and not guilty of aggravated battery by reason of insanity. Westbrooks was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility.

In 2009, he was charged with punching an officer in the eye and spitting in the face of another cop in the 400 block of East Ohio. A judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity and involuntarily committed him in 2011.

Man gets 37 years for fatally stabbing River North bank employee

A man with a long history of mental illness and violent attacks has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for stabbing a Chase bank employee to death during a random attack in downtown Chicago one year ago.

cwbchicago.com

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

I hope he does the whole 37 years. He's too dangerous to be out on the streets.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I hope he does the whole 37 years. He's too dangerous to be out on the streets.

He needs to get killed in prison.

 

[BuffettGirl]

He needs to get killed in prison.

I think he's proven he can't be allowed to free range, keep him locked up, for the good of society.