Las Vegas, NV (AP) - A Las Vegas man charged with knife attacks on four homeless people, including two who died, will have his mental competency reviewed.
Court documents show 33-year-old Christopher Martell is scheduled for a mental competency hearing next month.
Martell was arrested Sept. 21 following an attack on two people — a woman in her 30s and an older man in a wheelchair — on Flamingo Road not far UNLV. Police said both victims were homeless.
Investigators say they found evidence showing Martell was the same assailant who killed 57-year-old Jody Devries and 74-year-old Mary Susan Miller. Both women were found dead behind a church about a week apart last month—before Martell’s arrest.
The Clark County coroner said both died of multiple stab and slash wounds. Neither had a home address.
Martell has pleaded not guilty to two counts each of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon.