NEVADA, Iowa (AP) - A judge has ordered a psychiatric competency evaluation for a 71-year-old man accused of stabbing to death his wife in the Story County community of Zearing.
Gary Pillman already has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Pillman killed his wife after an argument in which she told him she was leaving him, investigators have said. The body of 62-year-old Betty Pillman was found Nov. 13 outside the Pillmans’ home.
Court records say Gary Pillman’s attorney requested the evaluation last week and the judge granted it on Friday.
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