The defense attorney who represents the man accused of assaulting and murdering 51-year-old Wendy Gilbreath at Merit Health Central in Jackson filed a motion in early June asking for a judge to delay the upcoming trial for his client.
Gilbreath died on March 6, 2024, after being brutally attacked on the sixth floor of the facility, allegedly by another patient she had never met. The Clarion Ledger was the first media outlet to break the news and identify Gilbreath’s alleged perpetrator as David Reed, 36, of Diamondhead. The Hinds County coroner identified Gilbreath as the victim.
In September 2024, Reed’s defense attorney William Bell filed a motion requesting for his client to be found not competent to stand trial as well as to be committed to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield…