BENTON, La. – More than six years after a Bossier Parish man was killed and his body dismembered and burned, the man accused of his murder may never be mentally competent to stand trial.
John Hardy Jr., 50, has been confined to a state mental health facility since January 2024, when he was found incapable of assisting in his defense. A recent court document indicates Hardy is unlikely to regain the mental capacity required to stand trial in the foreseeable future.
District Judge Parker Self has scheduled a hearing for 9:30 a.m. Thursday to hear testimony from medical experts from Jackson and New Orleans about Hardy’s mental condition. Hardy is expected to return to the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson afterward for continued care and treatment…