Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - A 26-year-old woman is not mentally competent to stand trial on charges she killed her two young daughters, denied having had children and spoke about selling the girls’ body parts.
That ruling came down Monday in the case of Amanda Sharp-Jefferson, who’s been ordered held at a secure psychiatric facility near Sparks pending a determination by doctors that she can stand trial.
One doctor who evaluated Sharp-Jefferson in jail determined she was unable to assist in her defense. Sharp-Jefferson refused be evaluated by another doctor.
The father of the girls, Jaykwon Singleton, told police that when he found Sharp-Jefferson in their apartment with the girls’ bodies on Nov. 10, she told him their organs would be worth a lot of money. He said Sharp-Jefferson also said she didn’t recognize him.
Several reports said it appeared that 1-year-old Rose Singleton and 2-month-old Lily Singleton drowned. The Clark County coroner’s office said Monday the causes of death are still being investigated.