EVERETT — A murder suspect who escaped from a Washington state psychiatric hospital in 2016 now is not expected to stand trial until this summer.
The Everett Herald reports the trial for Anthony Garver, who has been accused of killing Phillipa Evans-Lopez since 2013, was delayed by questions about his mental health and then by his escape from Western State Hospital.
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