Judge declares murder suspect competent for trial at On the Beat in the Bluegrass

Judge declares murder suspect competent for trial

Published

on August 27, 2008

. Tags: Army National Guard, claw hammer, dumped the body, Elizabethtown, Hart County, Jeremy Shields, Judge Ken Howard, Shepherdsville, shoe distribution warehouse, Wendy Sue Logsdon.

The Associated Press

ELIZABETHTOWN — A judge in Elizabethtown has found a murder suspect competent to stand trial.

Former Army National Guard soldier Jeremy Shields is charged in the death of Wendy Sue Logsdon, who worked with him at a shoe distribution warehouse in Shepherdsville. Shields pleaded not guilty in April.

Police say Shields used a claw hammer to kill Logsdon inside his parents’ home in Radcliff while they were out of town, then dumped the body in Hart County.

On Tuesday, Hardin Circuit Judge Ken Howard heard a psychiatrist testify that Shields could have flashbacks, nightmares and mentally block out emotionally charged events, due to the effects of his combat experience in Iraq.

However, The News-Enterprise of Elizabethtown reports that the doctor said Shields should be able to help attorneys defend him in court.

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Information from: The News-Enterprise, http://www.thenewsenterprise.com

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.

Brandon Ortiz has covered courts, criminal justice and judicial politics for the Herald-Leader since April 2005. Ortiz was a leading contributor to the paper’s coverage of the investigation of the Comair Flight 5191 crash. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Ortiz has a journalism degree from Texas Christian University. He started at the Herald-Leader in September 2004.

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