COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A mother who was charged in the death of her 3-year-old son has been ruled incompetent to stand trial, at least temporarily.
According to the Franklin County prosecutor’s office, Laronda Mims, who was on charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering children in January, was “found incompetent to stand trial and ordered to be transferred to Central Ohio Behavioral Health for restoration treatment.”
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Mims was arrested three weeks after her 3-year-old son Emmanuel died after reports of an unresponsive child.
Officers arrived at the Eaton Avenue residence in South Franklinton and found Emmanuel unresponsive with what appeared to hot-water burns and injuries. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office stated that the boy died from complications of thermal injuries (boiling water) and it was ruled accidental…