SALEM, Indiana — An Indiana judge has delayed an upcoming pre-trial hearing for the woman accused of killing her son and dumping his body inside a suitcase in rural southern Indiana.
Dejaune Anderson, Cairo Jordan’s mother, was expected to be in court on Thursday, but Judge Larry Medlock ordered last week that the hearing be pushed back to July 11 at 9 a.m.
According to court officials, Medlock made the decision because the required psychological exams from two Indiana doctors have not been completed. The results of those exams would be used in Medlock’s ruling to decide whether Anderson can represent herself in court.
Both doctors have previously attempted to complete those exams, according to Anderson in her own handwritten motions. But both times, it appears she refused to cooperate.
Anderson said Dr. Stephanie Calloway didn’t have all her motions to make an accurate assessment and outright declined Dr. George Parker’s evaluation, instead choosing to “remain silent.”
In a new motion filed last Thursday, alongside Medlock’s order, Anderson said Parker tried to complete his examination again on June 12, but she refused to cooperate.
Anderson wrote that Parker “exuded negative energy from his aura,” which made her defensive and feel the need to “protect myself and my thoughts.” Parker was able to observe her “while she was in meditation and prayer with God” within her cell through a video camera, however.
Five-year-old Cairo Jordan’s body was found inside a suitcase that had been dumped in rural Washington County in 2022. Anderson is charged with murder, neglect of a dependent and obstruction of justice.
Another woman charged in Cairo’s death, Dawn Coleman, plead guilty to her charges last October.
Coleman received 25 years in jail for her role in the young boy’s death.
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