MURDER COMPETENCY HEARING
IN NORTHWEST OHIO, 33-YEAR-OLD MARTEL HUGGINS WILL HAVE A COMPETENCY HEARING TO DETERMINE NEXT STEPS IN HIS MURDER CASE.
MARTEL HUGGINS IS ACCUSED OF KILLING AND DISMEMBERING MALACHI CALDER, WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING IN NOVEMBER. POLICE FOUND HUGGINS DRIVING CALDER'S WORK VEHICLE JUST DAYS AFTER HE WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE. THEY FOUND PARTIAL REMAINS OF CALDER INSIDE THAT VEHICLE. HUGGINS IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING MURDER, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, AND GROSS ABUSE OF A CORPSE. RIGHT NOW, HIS DEFENSE IS EXPLORING A POSSIBLE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY.