Purdue student charged with killing roommate unfit for trial

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A Purdue College scholar charged with homicide within the stabbing loss of life of his dormitory roommate is incompetent to face trial, a choose dominated Thursday.

Tippecanoe Circuit Choose Sean Persin appointed two medical doctors to deal with Ji Min Sha till he’s discovered competent to grasp the costs in opposition to him and help in his protection.

Sha, a 22-year-old cybersecurity main from Seoul, South Korea, faces one depend of homicide in the October slaying of Varun Manish Chhedad, 20, of Indianapolis. The 2 lived in McCutcheon Corridor on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus, about 65 miles (104 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis.

Prosecutors allege that Sha stabbed Chheda, a knowledge science main, a number of instances within the head and neck with a folding knife that officers discovered on the ground close to the chair the place Chheda’s physique was found.

Persin dominated after studying a report ready by defense-hired psychologist Dr. Sean Samuels, who interviewed Sha for 5 hours shortly after the slaying.

Court docket information point out Sha informed police he believes “he’s extensively concerned in worldwide espionage and is a former CIA operative,” WLFI-TV reported.

Purdue Police Chief Lesley Wiete has stated Sha referred to as police early on Oct. 5 and informed them his roommate was useless of their dorm room. Officers who arrested Sha discovered him carrying garments with blood on them, prosecutors have stated. An post-mortem discovered that Chheda had died of “a number of sharp-force traumatic accidents.”