NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man charged with fatally shooting his cousin has for the third time been ruled incompetent to stand trial.
The Day reports that a judge on Monday sent 30-year-old James Armstrong back to a state forensic hospital for three months of treatment.
Armstrong has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and a report submitted to the court on April 25 says his thinking remains “distorted by paranoid and delusional ideas.”
Authorities say Armstrong killed his 31-year-old cousin, Sebastian Sidberry, outside of the victim’s North Stonington home in April 2017.
Both men are members of the Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, and police say Armstrong believed his cousin was spreading AIDS throughout the tribe. Blood tests taken after Sidberry’s death showed he did not have the virus.
Armstrong has claimed self-defense.
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Information from: The Day, http://www.theday.com
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