THERE WAS TO BE A COMPETENCY HEARING IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY FOR JOHN HYDE…BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. HYDE IS THE MAN WHO KILLED FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS, ON AUGUST 18TH, 2005. HE WAS FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL AND COMMITTED TO THE STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE HEARING WILL BE RESCHEDULED LATER.
HYDE DID NOT APPEAR IN COURT THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH HIS LAWYER WAS PRESENT. IT’S NOT KNOWN WHY HYDE WAS NOT THERE.
