SALEM, Ind. (WDRB) -- The murder trial for a woman accused of dumping her 5-year-old boy in a suitcase in southern Indiana was delayed again.

Dejaune Anderson wasn't in court Thursday morning, and her hearing was rescheduled for March 27. She's requesting to delay it even further.

Anderson is facing charges of murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice in the death of her son, 5-year-old Cairo Jordan, nearly three years ago.

Jordan was found when a mushroom hunter saw a suitcase while scouring the woods in Washington County in 2022. The boy's body was found inside. 

Police said he died from dehydration, likely about a week or less before he was found. 

Two women, including his mother, Anderson, had been named suspects in the case.

Dawn Coleman was sentenced to 30 years in prison with five years suspended to probation after pleading guilty to aiding, inducing or causing murder, neglect resulting in death and obstruction of justice. 

Anderson was on the run for nearly two years before she was found and arrested in Arcadia, California.

She didn't appear in court until last April, where she identified herself with a name beginning with “Princess” and said she was “representing the entity” of Anderson.

She also claimed to be under federal surveillance.

"I have 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," she said.

Days later, Judge Larry Medlock ordered doctors to perform mental evaluations on Dejaune Anderson to determine her competency. After nearly ten months, she was deemed fit to stand trial in Feb. 2025.

Anderson has filed several motions to dismiss her case, and asked for a new judge. All of those requests were denied. She was then committed to Logansport State Hospital, a psychiatric facility, in August 2024.

Related Stories:

Copyright 2025 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.