Expert Finds California Serial Stabbing Suspect Mentally Unfit, Jury to Decide Competency

Expert Finds California Serial Stabbing Suspect Mentally Unfit, Jury to Decide Competency
Carlos Dominguez appears in Yolo Superior Court in Woodland, Calif., on June 20, 2023. Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP
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WOODLAND, Calif.—A California jury will determine the mental competency of a former university student charged in the stabbing deaths of two people and attempted murder of a third, all violent attacks that rocked the usually placid college town of Davis.

A medical expert ordered by the court to review the mental state of Carlos Dominguez, 21, found that he is not competent to stand trial, a Yolo County Superior Court judge said Tuesday. A jury will decide July 24, he said.