AI-assisted summary

A judge ordered further mental evaluations for the man accused of murdering Wendy Gilbreath at a Jackson hospital.

David Reed, the accused, was previously deemed not competent to stand trial and sent for competency restoration.

Reed is accused of killing Gilbreath in March 2024 during what hospital officials called a "psychiatric episode."

A Hinds County Circuit Court judge last week ordered the man accused of assaulting and murdering 51-year-old Wendy Gilbreath in 2024 at Merit Health Central in Jackson to receive further mental evaluations at the state hospital.

Defense attorney William Bell filed a motion Oct. 22 on behalf of his client David Reed, the accused, requesting the court to issue a supplemental order for a "McNaghten analysis" — a legal test used to

See Full Page