COLUMBUS — A man who fatally shot his 19-year-old granddaughter, thinking she was an intruder, has been found not competent for trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
The Columbus Dispatch reports a psychologist determined 73-year-old Booker Moody has dementia and can’t understand his criminal case or help his public defender.
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says a judge found Moody incompetent with agreement from the attorneys involved.
Police say Moody shot his granddaughter through a window late one night last August when she arrived at their Berkeley Road home without her keys and knocked on his bedroom window, hoping to be let inside.
Moody fired a shot through the window, striking Williams who was found on the front lawn and died later at a hospital.
O’Brien says Moody will remain at the secure nursing home where he now lives in Perry County and will be monitored by the court.