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Ohio Woman Found Competent for Trial in Infant’s Death
By: Associated Press
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio college student accused of killing her newborn baby in April has been found mentally competent to stand trial.
The judge in Muskingum County made the ruling this week after a mental evaluation found former Muskingum University student Emile Weaver competent to participate in her trial. The evaluation also said she was not suffering from a severe mental defect at the time of the crime.
The 20-year-old Weaver has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Prosecutors say Weaver put her newborn daughter in a plastic bag and left her to die. Authorities say the body was found April 22 in a garbage bag near a university-owned sorority house.
She’s jailed with a $1 million bond. Her trial is scheduled for March.