By Chelsey St-Pierre
The Suburban

Fabio Puglisi has been deemed unfit to stand trial following his arrest last week at the crime scene where two women were stabbed to death in a residential condo building in Vaudreuil-Dorion. The 44-year old accused underwent a psychiatric assessment at the Philippe-Pinel institute that was made public Thursday at the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield courthouse. Puglisi will remain detained at the institute where he will receive pharmacological treatment for 30 days.

“This 30-day treatment aims to stabilize Puglisi’s mental state,” Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud stated. Puglisi is scheduled to return to court on March 25. He faces two counts of second degree murder in the death of his mother Elisabetta Caucci-Puglisi, 68, and a neighbour, Manon Blanchard, 53 as well as one count of attempted murder and aggravated assault for the alleged attack on an elderly neighbour who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and has since stabilized.

The accused has been found not criminally responsible on two previous occasions due to his mental health condition. He was also accused of assaulting a complete stranger in front of his residence last fall and was scheduled to face charges one week prior to the most recent attack.