Truvia to Get More Mental Evaluation
Posted/updated on: November 17, 2010 at 12:27 pm
TYLER — A teenager accused of stabbing his teacher to death in Tyler will undergo more mental health evaulation. 17-year-old Byron Truvia will be returned to the Vernon State Hospital as early as next week. He’s accused in the September 2009 stabbing death of John Tyler High School teacher Todd Henry. The incident occured inside a school classroom. Prosecutors want Truvia certified as mentally competent so he can be tried on murder charges. The hospital stay could last up to 90 days.
