In December, a District Court judge ruled that Ryan Camacho was “mentally ill” and unable to assist his attorney in a “rational and reasonable matter,” a decision that came while Camacho was refusing to speak, come to court or leave his Wake County jail cell.
But Judge Louis Meyer III also ruled that Camacho fell short of the standard for involuntary commitment, which would have placed him in mental health care against his will — a move sought by the district attorney.
Less than a month later, Camacho, now 36, stands charged with breaking into Wake County teacher Zoe Welsh’s house near Fred Fletcher Park in Raleigh and killing her while she called 911…