Judge Rules Man Mentally Incompetent, Dismisses Charges Related to Attacking an 8-Year-Old Girl

Cane Lee Madden, a Kentucky man, was arrested for beating an 8-year-old Black girl over the head with a shovel, fracturing her skull, stealing her iPad, and sexually assaulting her.

But a judge this month ruled that he was mentally unfit to stand trial for the rape, assault, and robbery charges stemming from the vicious 2019 attack, according to The Associated Press.

Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Annie O’Connell made the ruling in a March 11 court order, determining Madden is “incompetent and unlikely to regain competency in the foreseeable future.” She ordered the charges in his criminal indictment be dismissed, a requirement of state law when a defendant is declared mentally unfit.

O’Connell is the same judge who found Madden, 31, incompetent to stand trial in a separate case in 2018. According to Louisville TV station WDRB, he was accused of raping a woman in 2017 and biting a chunk of her face off.

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