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LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Officials at the Utah state mental hospital are recommending that a northern Utah woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son receive three to six months more of treatment.
The Herald Journal reports Heidi Rutchey's attorney says it's unclear if Rutchey will be able to stand trial this year.
A judge has ruled that Rutchey is not competent to stand trial on charges of murder in the death of her son, Eli.
Court records show the 42-year-old woman tried to kill herself with pills and told staffers at a Logan hospital in September that she was a "baby killer" who had suffocated her son in a bathtub.
Authorities went to her house in River Heights and found the boy, who they believe had been dead for several days.
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