More Competency Tests Set in Girl’s Kidnap Case
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From Times Wire Reports
A judge ordered a new round of competency evaluations in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case after the suspect started singing a Christmas hymn at a hearing in Salt Lake City.
Judge Judith Atherton’s order came after Brian David Mitchell closed his eyes and sang, “Oh come, oh come, Immanuel,” the name he used as a street preacher.
Mitchell’s lawyers said he had grown increasingly delusional.
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