FORSYTH, Mo. – A judge says a man accused of killing a 6-year-old girl after luring her into his southwest Missouri hotel room with snacks is not mentally fit to stand trial.
The Springfield News-Leader (http://sgfnow.co/1QIrymu ) reports that the judge ordered John P. Roberts to be sent to a state hospital on Wednesday. After treatment, the 55-year-old Roberts should be able to assist his attorneys in his defense and eventually stand trial.
Roberts is charged with first-degree murder in the February killing of Jasmine Miller. The killing happened at an extended stay motel near several attractions in the tourist town of Branson.
A state psychiatrist says Roberts has an IQ of 57 and "a very basic low comprehension that he is in trouble."
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