During a felony status conference on Aug. 20, a judge ordered a murder defendant to undergo a 24-hour mental exam. A mental observation hearing is scheduled to follow the exam.
On July 15, officers arrested 31-year-old Alisa Randall for allegedly stabbing 59-year-old Ronald Jones on the 1300 block of Euclid Street, NW. She is charged with second-degree murder.
D.C. Witness previously reported on July 31, that Randall was removed from the courtroom for repeated interruptions during a court proceeding. It was not stated in court whether or not the mental examination is related to the interruptions.
Randall also verbally interrupted proceedings on Aug. 20 but, she was not removed from the courtroom.
Judge Iscoe approved taking a DNA sample from Randall, so it could be tested against DNA samples taken from the crime scene. Judge Iscoe also ordered that if the swabs did not match any DNA from the scene that it could not be stored in any database for use in other cases.
