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Shawnee County District Judge Steven Ebberts on Thursday tentatively scheduled a hearing to be held at 3 p.m. June 9 regarding whether Jon K. Ewing is mentally competent to be tried on charges that include first-degree murder.
Ebberts said he could decide that day whether to order a psychiatric evaluation for Ewing, 61, of Scranton.
Ewing faces charges that include first-degree murder linked to the killing of his former girlfriend, 58-year-old Deborah Ann Stephens, who died April 27 at her mobile home just south of Topeka.
Court records say video from a security camera Stephens had set up at her home showed her being struck about the head by an ax wielded by Ewing.
Murder victim shared safety concerns on Facebook
Stephens had contended in past posts on her Facebook page that law enforcement officers and prosecutors did nothing after Ewing committed crimes that victimized her. I m trying to figure out why Shawnee County Sheriff and our county attorney will not charge my ex boyfriend with the criminal damages to property, she wrote March 23. Nor would they charge him with breaking into my home, attacking me from behind and beating me. Matter of fact, someone from district attorney s office called him and told him they weren t going to file. They have never spoken to me about anything. He broke all the windows out of my car tonight when I went to give my son a ride to get groceries. What s it going to take to get them to prosecute so he ll stop?