A Harvey woman accused of killing her 3-year-old son in their apartment has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial, Jefferson Parish court records show.

Judge Lee Faulkner of the 24th Judicial District Court ordered that Alexis Welsh, 32, be admitted for treatment at the East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson, Louisiana, after a Nov. 5 hearing.

Following testimony from a court-appointment psychiatrist, Dr. John Roberts III, Faulkner ruled that Welsh did not have the mental capacity to understand the proceedings against her or assist in her defense, court records said.

Welsh has been held without bail since her Aug. 25 arrest in the death of her son, Josiah Winzy .

Welsh summoned authorities to her apartment in the 2100 block of Manhattan Boulevard that morning, tellin

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