FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Delays are continuing to affect an upcoming trial involving two attempted murder suspects associated with an anti-AI group known as the Zizians, including one suspect who is currently medically unable to stand trial and has been frequently moved within California’s penal system in order to get adequate mental health care.
Solano County Superior Court Judge John Ellis again asked California corrections officials where Suri Dao, one of two suspects charged with the attempted murder of Vallejo landlord Curtis Lind in 2022, can be housed and receive medical and mental health treatment for anorexia, catatonia and schizoaffective disorder.
Dao, who appeared in court in a wheelchair and apparently catatonic with her head hanging down, was recently moved to the California Institution for Women in Chino to undergo psychological evaluation. However, the doctor initially assigned to review the case was unavailable, and, in anticipation of Monday’s hearing, Dao was moved back to the Solano County jail, where she will be interviewed by what Ellis called an “alienist,” an older term describing a psychologist who appears as a court expert and determines the sanity of a defendant…