A Montgomery County judge ruled Wednesday that Catherine Hoggle is competent to stand trial for murder in the 2014 disappearance of her two children, giving prosecutors a key win in their years-long pursuit to charge the mother they accuse of exaggerating her mental condition.
Circuit Court Judge James Bonifant determined Ms. Hoggle is capable of understanding the charges against her and assisting in her defense if she is to face murder charges in the deaths of daughter Sarah, 3, and son Jacob, 2.
Ms. Hoggle vanished with her two children in September 2014. She reemerged a week later, but the toddlers were never seen again…