Accused Mastermind Behind Philadelphia Dungeon Tortures Granted Mental Health Evaluation
Posted on Nov 03, 2011 @ 06:30PM
The woman accused of being the evil ringleader who allegedly chained four mentally challenged adults locked in a Philadelphia dungeon will undergo a mental evaluation to decide whether she is competent to stand trial, RadarOnline.com has learned.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Linda Ann Weston was arrested last month and now faces a string of charges including criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, kidnapping, criminal trespass, unlawful restraint and false imprisonment after three men and a woman were found chained in a Tacony, Pennsylvania house.
Municipal Judge Martha Neifeld agreed on Wednesday for a psychiatric assessment to be carried out in response to a request from the 51-year-old's attorney, George Yacoubian, based on the issues of mental retardation and low IQ, reported NBCPhiladelphia.com.
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On Thursday, it emerged that police are investigating the deaths of other people who died while in close contact with Weston in case they too were her victims.
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the list even includes her own mother, Alice Collier, who died in the 1970s supposedly of natural causes related to kidney failure.
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Police are also looking into the death of 59-year-old Donna Spadea, who died in 2005 while under Weston's care.
Investigators believe Weston stole Social Security checks and other benefits from children and vulnerable adults, collecting up to thousands of dollars a month.
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This woman was convicted of murder and was released after 4 years I believe. The reason she's been allowed to terrorize these people is because the system let them down. Disgusting - only 4 years for murder conviction!
Posted Fri, 11/04/2011 - 10:54am
Just fry her! POS doesn't deserve to see another day, and she obviously has some serious problems but why spend the time and money to keep this worthless piece of garbage alive?
Posted Fri, 11/04/2011 - 6:02am
incompetent after the terrible things shes done
sociopath more likely
Posted Fri, 11/04/2011 - 12:47am