A mother accused of killing her son and hiding his body in a suitcase in rural Indiana in 2022 will be headed back to court.
On Wednesday, Washington County Judge Larry Medlock said Dejaune Anderson’s doctor signed off, saying she is fit to stand trial in the death of her 5-year-old son, Cairo Jordan.
Back in August, Judge Medlock ordered Anderson to undergo psychiatric treatment after two doctors found her unable to stand trial. For months prior, she submitted dozens of handwritten motions filled with conspiracy theories in an effort to represent herself at trial, which was slated to begin in October.
Court records indicate Anderson was admitted to the Logansport State Hospital around late August.
Cairo’s body was found inside a suitcase that had been dumped in a rural wooded area of Washington County in 2022.
Anderson was arrested in California following a years-long manhunt. She is charged with murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice.
Dawn Coleman, the other woman charged in Cairo’s death, pleaded guilty to charges in his death last November.
Coleman was sentenced to 25 years in prison and agreed to testify against Anderson when her case goes to trial.
Anderson’s first pretrial conference is February 13.
Source: WHAS11
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