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Indiana man accused of murdering, eating ex-girlfriend competent for trial
Quote:An Indiana man accused of raping, killing and eating parts of his ex-girlfriend’s dead body is now mentally competent to stand trial, a state psychiatrist said Thursday.
Joseph Oberhansley, 35, of Jeffersonville has been committed at the Logansport State Hospital since October, when a judge ruled that he wasn't competent to stand trial for the 2014 killing of girlfriend Tammy Jo Blanton.
Prosecutors allege Oberhansley broke into the Jeffersonville home of Blanton in September 2014, and that he raped her, fatally stabbed her and ate parts of her body.
"This matter has been going on for four years now, and it's high time that the victim's family saw justice done," Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Jeremy Mull told the Courier Journal after the hearing.
The letter from the psychiatrist filed with Clark County Circuit Court noted that Oberhansley's competency has been restored since he was committed there last October to undergo competency restoration. In some of his early court appearances after his arrest, Obserhansley had outbursts in court and said his name was Zeus, WAVE3 reported.
Oberhansley's attorneys requested in court Thursday to have a month to talk with him and form an opinion on his competency. During the hearing, Oberhansley spoke up, telling the judge he needed to fire his attorneys, according to the Courier Journal.
"They're trying to control my thoughts," he said in court. "They're trying to control my mind."
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08-12-2018 03:03 PM |
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RE: Indiana man accused of murdering, eating ex-girlfriend competent for trial
I lived in Jeffersonville for several years after college. Fortunately, Zues didn't try to eat me.
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08-12-2018 11:35 PM |
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Indiana man accused of murdering, eating ex-girlfriend competent for trial
Wish that arrest would have been on Live PD.
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08-13-2018 12:46 PM |
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