LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The woman charged with killing her 5-year-old son and hiding his body in a suitcase in southern Indiana is being committed to a psychiatric facility.

Dejaune Anderson is charged with the murder of her son, Cairo Jordan. A mushroom hunter found the child's body in a suitcase in the woods in Washington County in 2022.

Earlier this year, Judge Larry Medlock ordered a psychologist and a psychiatrist to examine Anderson to determine if she's competent to stand trial. The order came following a court appearance where Anderson claimed she had been under federal surveillance for eight months, identified herself with a name beginning with "Princess," and said she was "representing the entity" of Anderson.

Prior to that court hearing, Anderson sent multiple messages to the court asking Medlock to dismiss her case, which was denied. Another message told the court she was firing her public defender and requested to defend herself. 

On Friday, Medlock made the decision following the completion of two reports on Anderson's competency. 

"Both Psychiatric Evaluations submitted by Dr. Callaway and Dr. Parker conclude that the Defendant is not currently competent to stand trial or assist counsel in her defense," Medlock wrote.

Anderson has been held in the Washington County Detention Center since her arrest March 15 in Arcadia, California, — outside Los Angeles — on a murder warrant after being on the run for almost two years.  

Since her first court appearance, where she declared her name was "princess" and that she was "representing the entity" of Anderson, she has been fighting to represent herself. 

"I've been under NSA surveillance for the past eight months, and how can that qualify me as a fugitive on the run when I've also had a detail from Space Force that was following my every move?" Anderson said in court April 2.

In addition to the murder charge for her son, Cairo Jordan, she was also charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice.

Dr. Lauren Kaplan, a forensic psychologist, said the outcome of this depends on what Anderson was diagnosed with after the exam. That wasn't clear from the court records.

Kaplan said Anderson will be reevaluated in as little as six months, but it could also take years depending on the nature of her treatment.

Anderson is the second woman charged in her son's murder. Dawn Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced to 30 years in prison with five years suspended to probation after pleading guilty to aiding, inducing or causing murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, and obstruction of justice. 

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