The November trial of a Sequim woman who has been jailed for almost three years after allegedly trying to kill her two youngest sons has been delayed due to the results of a recent mental evaluation.

The examination determined that Ekaterina A. Parrish, charged with two counts of attempted premeditated first-degree murder, is “not competent, but restorable.”

The report came in as court hearings were underway in Superior Court on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 15. A hearing for Parrish was on that docket.

Because of the report’s findings, Judge Simon Barnhart struck Parrish’s Nov. 3 trial date and set a date for a hearing to receive an update on her competency. That hearing is set to take place at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9.

Parrish appeared at the hearing via Zoom. She was represented in

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