Dejaune Anderson, Cairo Jordan’s mother, will be back in court in June for a pre-trial hearing.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA, Ind. — The woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son and stuffing his body inside a suitcase left in rural southern Indiana has filed new motions pushing back against court-ordered psychiatric evaluations.
Dejaune Anderson, the mother of Cairo Jordan, is charged with murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice in the young boy’s death.
Since her initial court hearing, Anderson has fought to represent herself in court and wants her court-appointed attorney, Alex Ooley, removed for allegedly being “the grandson of Joe Biden.”
Last week, Washington County Judge Larry Medlock ruled that before she can represent herself, Anderson will need to undergo two psychiatric evaluations to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.
In new motions filed Monday, Anderson argues the evaluations are a “ploy of harassment, negative stereotype, and intimidation to cause delay in dismissal …