Indiana man accused of murdering, eating dead ex-girlfriend deemed competent for trial

Indiana man accused of murdering, eating dead ex-girlfriend deemed competent for trial

An Indiana man accused of raping, killing and eating parts of his ex-girlfriend’s dead body is now mentally competent to stand trial, a state psychiatrist said Thursday. Joseph Oberhansley, 35, of Jeffersonville has been committed at the Logansport State Hospital since October when a judge ruled that he wasn't competent to stand trial for the 2014 killing of girlfriend Tammy Jo Blanton. Prosecutors allege Oberhansley broke into the Jeffersonville home of Blanton in September 2014, and that he raped her, fatally stabbed her and ate parts of her body. "This matter has been going on for four years now, and it's high time that the victim's family saw justice done," Clark County Prosecuting Attorney ... Click for more