LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas has ordered a competency evaluation to determine if a man accused of killing a 24-year-old model and encasing her body in concrete can stand trial next year.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Christopher Prestipino's attorneys say he began hearing voices while he was quarantined at the Clark County jail due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prosecutors didn't object to the judge's decision. Prosecutors allege that Prestipino and his roommate, Casandra Garrett, poisoned and strangled Esmerelda Gonzalez. Garrett is due for trial in November on murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges.