Babysitter found not guilty by reason of insanity in stabbing of 2 young Lisle girls

LISLE, Ill. (WLS) — A babysitter accused of stabbing two young girls in the west suburbs last year, was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

On Friday, a DuPage County judge ordered Jennifer Kouchoukos of Naperville to another mental health evaluation to determine her course of treatment.

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Kouchoukos allegedly stabbed the two children, aged four and one, multiple times in their back and chest at their Lisle home in November 2023.

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Officers were called to the home for a report of a suicide attempt. The found the two children covered in blood and Kouchoukos wearing blood-soaked clothing nearby.

Both the children and Kouchoukos who was 51 at the time, were rushed to the hospital.

Kouchoukos is due back in court on Nov. 14.