Man accused of murdering and eating his ex-girlfriend ruled mentally fit to stand trial (Independent)

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A man accused of killing his former girlfriend and eating parts of her body has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial by a state psychiatrist.

Joseph Oberhansley has been in prison in September 2014, when his ex-girlfriend Tammy Jo Blanton was found dead in her home in Jeffersonville, in the US state of Indiana.

Mr Oberhansley is accused of breaking into Ms Blantonโ€™s house, raping her, stabbing her to death, then sawing her head and body open to eat her brain, heart and lungs.

Despite the state psychiatristโ€™s decision, Mr Oberhansleyโ€™s competency can still be contested by his defence lawyers, according to prosecutors. His fitness for trial has been questioned since his defence team requested an psychiatric assessment in February 2017, noting he was โ€œsuspicious, paranoid, uncommunicative and agitatedโ€.

A judge consulted psychiatrists and ruled he was not competent in October 2017. Read more

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