Suspect in fatal stabbing of teen at BART station mentally fit for trial, judge rules

Criminal proceedings for a man accused of stabbing an 18-year-old woman to death at an Oakland train station have been reinstated after a doctor found him competent to stand trial months after proceedings were suspended, authorities said.stabbing Nia Wilson and her 26-year-old sister in the neckBART Police Chief Carlos Rojas said Cowell came up behind Wilson and stabbed her twice in rapid succession before doing the same to her sister in what Rojas called a “prison-yard type of attack.

that indicated he may have been unable to understand the proceedings against him, according to his attorney, Christina Marie Moore.“I don’t believe he’s able to rationally assist me in his defense, which is the legal standard,” Moore said in December. “He’s incredibly paranoid and delusional right now. I’ve been unable to redirect him.”

Two court-appointed psychiatrists were assigned to evaluate Rojas’ mental state. After a hearing that concluded Wednesday morning, a judge found he was mentally stable and could stand trial, according to the Alameda County district attorney’s office. He will appear in court Aug. 2 to enter his plea, said Teresa Drenick, a spokeswoman for the D.A.’s office.

Looks like a SF drug addicted homeless resident?

There is an error in the article. It says that Rojas' (the police chief) mental state was evaluated not Cowell's.

Ya but is he illegal?

Does this murder meet Governor Newsom’s threshold for being necessarily heinous for the desth penalty to be imposed?

and the Media tried to spin him as a White supremacist but was actually a transient homeless guy who bounced in & out of psych wards 26 times before the murder.

Might want to copy edit this piece a little closer...

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