Judge orders new psychiatric exam for man accused of murdering his mother

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A judge orders a new psychiatric exam for a man accused of murdering his mother.

This is the third time prosecutors are trying to bring Gavin Perkins to trial for murder.

Perkins is accused of shooting and killing Ruth Perkins inside of her home in 2018.

The Attorney General’s office re-indicted Perkins after taking over the case.

That indictment came just before Perkins was going to be released from a State mental health facility.

Perkins was found incompetent to stand trial twice.

His next court date is set for November.

Previous coverage

• Police charge man in shooting death of mother in Worthington neighborhood
• Man arraigned for the murder of his mother
• Request denied to medically hold man accused of killing his own mother
• Man indicted for mother’s murder booked in jail
• Judge orders third competency hearing for Gavin Perkins
• Case of man accused of killing his mother to be referred to Attorney General’s Office
• Emergency petition filed in mental illness loophole case
• Request denied to medically hold man accused of killing his own mother
• Gavin Perkins indicted by grand jury for murder of his mother
• Man accused of killing his own mother to be released because of a mental health loophole
• Judge orders third competency hearing for Gavin Perkins

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