State challenges psychiatric report of Fairbanks man charged with killing grandmother

Published: Oct. 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM AKDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
A Fairbanks judge on Friday scheduled an evidentiary hearing to decide the mental competency of a 29-year-old man charged with murdering his elderly grandmother, after prosecutors challenged a state psychiatric evaluation concluding he cannot be restored to competency.