The man awaiting sentencing after a jury convicted him of first-degree attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing a woman at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma has been ordered to undergo 90 days of inpatient treatment at a state psychiatric hospital.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Schwartz ordered the treatment for Nicholas Fitzgerald Matthew on Oct. 15 after a forensic psychologist determined it was more likely than not that Matthew lacks the capacity to assist in his own defense due to a mental disease or defect.
Matthew, 29, represented himself in his trial but did not give opening statements or closing arguments and did not question any witnesses. A jury of six men and six women found him guilty of the Feb. 10, 2024 stabbing after about two-and-a-half hours of deliberations…