(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A 51-year-old Naperville woman will be held behind bars while awaiting trial on charges she tried to kill two young children she was babysitting earlier this year.
Jennifer Kouchoukos is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a child and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. She allegedly stabbed two girls, aged four and one, multiple times on Nov. 17 at a Lisle home.
Authorities say police officers responded to a report of an attempted suicide at a Mattson Lane residence and found the children covered in blood. The girls were hospitalized in Chicago.
Kouchoukos was found in a bathroom with blood on her clothing, officials said.
“When processing the scene, authorities located multiple knives stained with what appeared to be blood, an empty bottle of wine and a nearly empty bottle of rum,” the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.
Kouchoukos was released from the hospital on Dec. 26 and has been ordered held before trial, say prosecutors, who have requested a psychiatric evaluation for the defendant. Her next court date is Jan. 12.
“This is an extremely disturbing case for all those involved,” States Attorney Robert Berlin said. “We are all very grateful that the injuries sustained by the young girls in this case were not life threatening and that they both appear to be on the road to recovery.”
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