Interesting faculty developments at Mount Holyoke College in southern Massachusetts over the weekend. Rie Hachiyanagi, a 48-year-old professor and art studio chair, reportedly appeared at the home of a 60-year old female colleague, declared her longstanding love, then attacked the older woman with a fireplace poker, a rock and garden shears. Fortunately, she was apparently unable to gain possession of a Hattori Hanzo blade.
The victim is expected to survive, but is reportedly hospitalized with severe injuries. Hachiyanagi, meanwhile, has been arrested and charged with armed assault to murder, armed assault in a dwelling, mayhem, and three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Press reports indicate that Hachiyanagi is being held without bail, but just in case, the school has placed her on administrative leave and banned her from campus "pending a review." Her next court hearing is not set until February 4, so Hachiyanagi should have plenty of time to scrub the floor and paint the fence while she is away from her regular job.
So far, the only indication of a possible defense position is that Hachiyanagi claims no memory of the incident, and asserts that she is suffering from an unspecified medical condition involving "multiple concussions." She does indeed have the look of a person who has "suffered for her art."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-college-professor-tried-to-murder-coworker-with-fire-poker/ar-BBYDFqd
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