OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former doctor accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school is competent to stand trial.
Douglas County District Judge Duane Dougherty issued an order Thursday saying 42-year-old Anthony Garcia is mentally fit enough to stand trial. The ruling came a week after three experts testified that Garcia is competent.
Garcia is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 deaths of the 11-year-old son of Creighton University pathologist William Hunter and the family's housekeeper, and the May 2013 deaths of Creighton pathologist Roger Brumback and his wife.
Authorities say Garcia was motivated by revenge for being fired from Creighton's pathology department in 2001.
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