LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The mother accused of killing her five-year-old son and leaving his body in a suitcase is expected in court on Thursday.
In 2022, a mushroom hunter found Cairo Jordan's body in Washington County, Indiana. His mother, Dejuane Anderson, is scheduled to go on trial for his murder in October.
Anderson was committed to a psychiatric facility in August 2024 and eventually found fit to stand trial. Judge Larry Medlock ordered a psychologist and a psychiatrist to examine Anderson.
The order came following a court appearance where Anderson claimed she had been under federal surveillance by the National Security Agency and the U.S. Space Force for eight months, identified herself with a name beginning with "Princess," and said she was "representing the entity" of Anderson.
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.
Another woman was also charged in Cairo'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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