Robert Berlin: History Of Mental Illness

Elzbieta Plackowska Dept: Elzbieta Plackowska had watched the suburban Chicago kindergartner fairly regularly since the beginning of the school year, State's Attorney Robert Berlin said. As far as prosecutors know, Plackowska has no history of mental illness or hospitalizations. And the investigation has turned up nothing that might have given the girl's mother pause about letting her continue babysitting, he said, according to Montreal Gazette. The kindergartner's mother, Marta Dworakowski, could not be reached for comment Friday. Reached by phone on Thursday, she told the Chicago Tribune, "I'm not ready to talk to anyone yet." NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Prosecutors say the mother of a 5-year-old girl stabbed to death this week would have had no hint that something might be wrong when she left her daughter with the Polish-born babysitter now accused of killing the girl and the woman's own 7-year-old son. "There was really no indication," Berlin said. "Nothing." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.