Oklahoma judge rules man competent to stand trial for beheading

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:17pm EDT

Oklahoma judge rules man competent to stand trial for beheading

OKLAHOMA CITY | BY HEIDE BRANDES

A man charged with first-degree murder in the beheading of a woman at an Oklahoma City-area food-processing plant is competent to stand trial, an Oklahoma judge ruled on Wednesday.

Alton Nolen, 31, is accused of stabbing and beheading 54-year-old Colleen Hufford on Sept. 25, 2014. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

A forensic psychologist told a court in Norman, south of Oklahoma City, during the trial this week that Nolen wants to be executed and that he was not cooperating with his defense team.

Nolen is also accused of stabbing 43-year-old Traci Johnson numerous times before being shot by Mark Vaughan, the former chief executive officer of Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, and a reserve sheriff’s deputy at the company.

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[LiberalArkie]

1. Hey, it's Oklahoma.