Durham mom charged with killing son is ruled unfit for trial
DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A judge ruled a Durham mother charged with killing her young son incapable of standing trial.
Andrea Faust had been held at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh.
According to court documents, on Monday, she was found hoarding Tylenol pills. She claimed she was keeping the pills for a future suicide attempt.
Faust has been ruled a danger to herself and ordered to undergo intensive psychiatric care.
Police said that on Feb. 12, Faust killed her 3-year-old son and attempted to kill her 2-year-old son at their home on Chartwell Court in Durham. She then attempted to die by suicide.
Court documents reveal she also tried to die by suicide four days later while being held in the Durham County Jail.
That attempt resulted in multiple bone and spine fractures requiring surgery.
She is now at the Central Regional Hospital in Butner, which is a state psychiatric hospital.
