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Man found competent to stand trial in mutilation murder case

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Posted: 03.01.2013 at 7:38 AM

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Read more: Local, Crime, News, James Day, Joan Watson, Sylvania, Stabbing Death, Murder

James Day, Sr. faces a charge of murder in the death of Joan Watson. / Lucas County jail

A Toledo man accused of stabbing a woman to death and mutilating her body has been found competent to stand trial.

According to court documents, 66-year-old James Day has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder of 49-year-old Joan Watson.

The victim was found stabbed to death at her west Sylvania apartment on January 13. Watson's neighbor told authorities that she found the woman with her chest "open." When police arrived, they found Watson on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wounds.

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