LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Strange comments were made from the woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son and stuffing him in a suitcase in southern Indiana.
A forensic psychologist listened back to the Tuesday hearing from Dejaune Anderson and also found her comments odd.
Forensic psychologist Dr. Lauren Kaplan watched the hearing of Dejaune Anderson and explained some of the strange comments she made in court. (WDRB photo)
During the hearing Tuesday, you could hear the murmurs among the people in the courtroom many times after Anderson said something. Some people even laughed at her comments.
WDRB spoke with forensic psychologist Dr. Lauren Kaplan who specializes in court psychology.
She has no connection to this case and wasn't asked for an evaluation by the court. She also doesn't have the defendant's history to make a proper diagnosis.
Kaplan watched the hearing with WDRB and gave her input based off of only a snapshot without any history.
When Anderson walked into the courtroom she said she was representing the entity of Dejaune Anderson.
"I am Princess Khalifia Hatan representing the entity Dejaune Anderson," she said.
"The dissociation between herself and the entity," Dr. Kaplan said. "She's not referring to herself as I. She's referring to herself as an ethereal body which makes me wonder if she has potentially been in a cult. That language or if she doesn't seem necessarily grounded in reality."
Dr. Kaplan said it could've also been a direct response to trauma. Anderson seemed to be questioning Judge Larry Medlock, was making faces when he was explaining the case and what happened nearly two years ago when her son, 5-year-old Cairo Jordan, was found dead in the woods and stuffed in a suitcase.
Dejaune Anderson is accused of killing her 5-year-old boy Cairo Jordan and putting him in a trash bag and then into a suitcase. (WDRB Photo) Apr. 2, 2024
"She's having strong feelings, kind of challenging the charges," Dr. Kaplan said. "Like, she understands on some base level what she's being charged with and giving some strong visual reactions to the judge and to the cameras, because she looks at the cameras. She's also sending the message of innocence or 'I contest this.'"
Anderson also made the claims that the National Security Agency and Space Force were watching her.
"I don't know what her history is but it seems like she has been pretty isolated and I'd say that is probably a piece of some of these beliefs that she's expanding upon and I don't know that she has the insight to understand that she's coming across as strange and so that would be something that I'd be interested," Dr. Kaplan said.
Dr. Kaplan said despite Anderson coming off as strange, she was very confident and polite in court. She said it'll be interesting to see if her behavior changes over the course of the trial.
Anderson is expected back in court on April 25.
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