A Maryland judge dropped murder charges Wednesday against a Montgomery County woman who has been locked in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital since being accused of killing her two youngest children eight years ago.
Catherine Hoggle, Jacob Hoggle and Sarah Hoggle The judge also ordered that Catherine Hoggle, now 36, should remain hospitalized under Maryland’s civil commitment provisions.
The ruling comes after recent efforts by prosecutors to convince Bonifant to reverse years of rulings that Hoggle was incompetent and declare her fit for trial.“Ms. Hoggle will not be free in the community,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said after Wednesday’s court hearing.But the ruling changes the mechanism by which she is held — from a criminal commitment to a civil one — which in general gives judges and prosecutors less say over when she could be released.
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