Kansas woman ruled competent for trial in beheading death

 

August 9, 2019



WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 37-year-old Kansas woman charged in the decapitation death of her ex-boyfriend's mother is competent to stand trial.

Rachael Hilyard, of Wichita, is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2017 death of 63-year-old Micki Davis.

KAKE-TV reports Davis was attacked after she went with her 9-year-old grandson to a home to retrieve property belonging to her son. The boy ran away and called 911.

Police found Davis' body in a garage and her head in the kitchen sink.

She underwent a mental health evaluation at Larned State Hospital, which said she wa...



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