The Los Angeles man who is facing murder and burglary charges in the killing of a longtime American Idol music supervisor and her husband in July has had his case transferred to a local mental health court after a judge suspended his arraignment on Wednesday when he was unresponsive when addressed from the bench.

Raymond Boodarian has “severe mental health issues,” his public defender told the court after he “stared off into space” while in a caged-off area, according to Judge Martin L. Herscovitz, as he was being questioned at his second appearance before the bench. The 22-year-old did not enter a plea on Wednesday during his appearance at the Van Nuys, California, courthouse, after the judge repeatedly tried to gain his attention. At the hearing, Boodarian was wearing a “suicide g

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