A Middletown woman accused of fatally stabbing her 72-year-old mother will remain in a state psychiatric hospital indefinitely after a Butler County judge ruled she is unlikely to regain competency to stand trial. The order, issued this week in Butler County Common Pleas Court, effectively hits pause on the criminal case and shifts the focus from courtroom proceedings to long-term psychiatric care.
According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Judge Gregory Howard, yesterday, Feb. 13, ordered 46-year-old Mekeshia Lattimore to remain at Summit Behavioral Healthcare in Roselawn after forensic evaluators concluded she is not likely to be restored to competency within the timeframe allowed under Ohio law. Court records reviewed by the Enquirer indicate the judge found there is…..