FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A 74-year-old Flint woman has been found competent to stand trial in the death of her teenage granddaughter who went missing in 1998.
The Flint Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1rhKVVc ) Genesee County Circuit Judge Joseph J. Farah made the determination Monday in the case of Lois Janish. She was charged last year with murder in the death of 14-year-old Coral Hall, whose body hasn’t been found.
Defense lawyer Jessica Mainprize-Hajek asked for an independent psychological evaluation. The judge granted the request and a May 12 hearing is planned.
Prosecutors say the teen went missing after saying she’d been fighting with her grandmother. According to investigators, Janish told them she and her now-dead boyfriend dismembered the girl and scattered the remains - a story she later recanted.
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Information from: The Flint Journal, https://www.mlive.com/flint
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