“Pillowcase Rapist” Deemed Mentally Competent, Rape Trial Begins Monday

(Miami, FL) – A second rape trial is set to begin Monday for a Miami man dubbed the “Pillowcase Rapist.”

Miami-Dade Judge David Young ruled Thursday that 65-year-old Robert Koehler is mentally competent to stand trial on a rape case from 1984.

Judge Young ruled Friday that the defense cannot put the client’s mental state in front of the jury, and that prosecutor Laura Adams will be allowed to instruct the jury about the high-profile nature of the case…

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