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Noted Forensic Psychiatrist to Evaluate
Hossencofft Co-Defendant
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
(Albuquerque-AP) A forensic psychiatrist who has testified
about Jeffrey Dahmer and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is expected
to evaluate an Albuquerque woman accused of murdering Girly Chew
Hossencofft, whose body has never been found.
State District Judge Richard Knowles granted a prosecution motion
Tuesday asking that Linda Henning undergo an evaluation to determine
whether she is competent to stand trial. Knowles also ordered
that Henning be evaluated separately by a court psychiatrist.
Prosecutors, who do not believe Henning is incompetent, expect
to have Dr. Park Elliot Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist from Newport
Beach, California, perform their competency evaluation.
Dr. Dietz has been a prosecution witness in several high-profile
cases, including Dahmer, Kaczynski, Erik Menendez and John Hinckley,
Junior.
Henning and boyfriend Diazien Hossencofft -- the victim's estranged
husband -- could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering
the woman.
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