Judge denies competency evaluation for Iowa mother accused of killing newborn
Updated: 12:53 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
Judge denies competency evaluation for Iowa mother accused of killing newborn
Updated: 12:53 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
ALSO NEW AT NOON IN WEBSTER COUNTY COURT, A JUDGE HAS JUST DENIED A COMPETENCY EVALUATION MOTION FOR THE FORT DODGE WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HER NEWBORN, TAYLOR. HIS TRIAL IS SET TO START FEBRUARY 28TH BY THE CHILD’S FATHER, BRANDON TOMA, ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH MURDER. POLICE SAY TOMA HID THE BABY’S BODY AFTER THE COUPLE DROWNED. THE GIRL IN A BATHTUB. THOM
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Judge denies competency evaluation for Iowa mother accused of killing newborn
Updated: 12:53 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
A judge on Friday denied a competency evaluation for the Fort Dodge woman charged with killing her newborn.Taylor Blaha's trial is set to start on Feb. 28. Blaha, 24, and the child's father, 31-year-old Brandon Thoma, are both charged with first-degree murder. Police say Thoma hid the baby's body after the couple drowned the girl in a bathtub.Thoma's trial is set for August.The baby's body is still missing.
FORT DODGE, Iowa —
A judge on Friday denied a competency evaluation for the Fort Dodge woman charged with killing her newborn.
Taylor Blaha's trial is set to start on Feb. 28.
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Blaha, 24, and the child's father, 31-year-old Brandon Thoma, are both charged with first-degree murder.
Police say Thoma hid the baby's body after the couple drowned the girl in a bathtub.
Thoma's trial is set for August.
The baby's body is still missing.