Parents wait for justice as Latunski deemed unfit for trial

Parents wait for justice as Latunski deemed unfit for trial

STAND TRIAL -- AT LEAST FOR NOW.INSTEAD... MARK LATUNSKI WILL BESENT TO THE STATE'S CENTER FORFORENSICPSYCHIATRY.THE IDEA..

IS TO LET DOCTORSWORK TO GET HIM MENTALLY HEALTHYENOUGH TOUNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING INCOURT.CHRISTIANA FORD TALKED TO THEVICTIM'S PARENTS TODAY..

TO SEEHOW THEY'RECOPING WITH THE NEWS."KARL AND PAMALA BACON TELL MEIT'S BEEN A LONG TWO MONTHSSINCE POLICE FOUND THEIR SONDEAD INTHIS HOUSE BEHIND ME.

NOW EVENTHOUGH THERE'S NO TRIAL FOR NOW,THEY SAY THEY'LL HOLD OFF FORANY SENSE OF JUSTICE""IT COULD BE THREE MONTHS ORTHIRTY YEARS...EITHER WAY I'LLBE HERE WAITING FOR HIM"TWO MONTHS OF COURT DATES,FRUSTRATIONS, AND EMOTIONS FORKARL AND PAMELA BACON."WE'VE ALL HAD OUR ISSUES, WE'RETRYING TO WORK THROUGH THEM ALLAND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLYWE'LL GET THROUGH IT.

PROBABLYNEVER THOUGH""IT'S JUST AN EMPTY FEELING.

YOUEXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM EVERYONCE IN A WHILE, HE USED TO CALLUS EVERY NIGHT AND WE DONT GETTHAT... IT'S JUST"NOW THEIR TIMELINE FOR JUSTICEGETS A LITTLE LONGER.AS THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLINGTHEIR SON KEVIN HEADING TO ALOCK DOWN MENTAL FACILITYINSTEAD OFTRIAL-- FOR NOW."MARK CAN YOU HEAR ME?

YES I CANSIR"JUDGE WARD CLARKSON WEIGHING ATHIRTY-THREE PAGE REPORT ON MARKLATUNSKI'S MENTAL STATEAND DECIDING HE'S UNFIT TO STANDTRIAL."WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW IS MR.LATUNSKI WILL BE TRANSPORTEDDOWN TO THE FORESIC CENTER ONCETHEY HAVE A BED OPEN.

HE WILLSTAY HERE.

THEY WILL NOT RELEASETHE TIME FOR SECURITY REASONSWHENHE WILL GO.

I WON'T EVEN BE TOLDWHEN HE'S GONE"LATUNSKI WILL STAY AT THATFORENSIC CENTER UNTIL HIS MENTALSTATE CHANGES.

THIS FATHER ISN'TBUYING IT."I HAVE MY DOUBTS.

HE PLAYEDTHIS CARD IN THE PAST AND HE GOTOFF ON CERTAIN CHARGES IN THEPAST AND I THINK HE TRIED TO DOTHE SAME THING AGAIN""IF HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONE GETFREE BY DOING THE INSANITY THINGHE WAS WRONG.

HE'S GOING TOREMAIN IN CUSTODY UNTIL HE'SFOUND COMPETENT.

WHEN HE'S FOUNDCOMPETENT HE WILL BEBROUGHT BACK UP HERE AND FACETRIAL"IN BENNINGTON TOWNSHIP, CF FOX47THE STATE CENTER FOR FORENSICPSYCHIATRY HAS A PLAN TO GETLATUNSKI COMPETENTAGAIN... WITHIN FIFTEEN MONTHS.IF THAT DOESN'T WORK -- HE'LL BESENT TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL.IN THE MEANTIME... BACON'SPARENTS SAY... THEY WILL PUSHFOR A WRONGFUL DEATHLAWSUIT.THEY'RE WORKING ON A SCHOLARSHIPFUND... AND SAY KEVIN WILL BEPOSTHUMOUSLYHONORED WITH A DEGREE FROM THEUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN- FLIN