Cal City cold case murder defendant found competent
By Jason Kotowski
Published on April 9, 2026.
A California man whose murder conviction was overturned in the death of a woman who disappeared in 2012 has been found competent to stand trial. The court found that a Superior Court judge failed to adequately address the issue of an intellectual disability. Now, with the help of the FBI, the man can be retried.
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