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Doctor: Stabbing Suspect Likely Unfit for Trial

Posted/updated on: December 28, 2010 at 2:21 am



TYLER (AP) – A forensic psychologist says there is a “low probability” that a teenager accused of fatally stabbing his teacher in a Tyler classroom last year can maintain a level of competence required for trial. Dr. Emily Fallis wrote in a recent report to a juvenile court that the 17-year-old boy remains delusional and dangerous. The report was obtained by The Dallas Morning News and reported Sunday. The suspect’s mental health leaves him in legal limbo 14 months after 51-year-old Todd Henry (pictured) was killed at John Tyler High School. Prosecutors want to try the teen as an adult, but his attorney is fighting to keep proceedings in juvenile court. Fallis re-interviewed the teen in October after determining months earlier that he was too psychotic for a transfer to adult court.



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