A judge ordered a second competency hearing for the man accused of using a car to slam into a dad and his two sons in New Tampa.
Mikese Morse, 30, remains in jail, charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the June hit-and-run crash.
The judge said during a court hearing Thursday morning that a psychiatrist was not able to gather enough information during the first mental health evaluation. Morse reportedly refused to cooperate with the doctor.
Morse’s parents confronted state attorney Andrew Warren after the hearing. He’s the prosecutor leading the effort to seek justice for the family of victim Pedro Aguerreberry.
The encounter was intense at times. Morse’s parents have continually maintained that the mental health system failed their son and that he should’ve never been let out of a facility days before the incident.
Morse’s parents told Warren that wrong information was given in the beginning of the case and it continues to cause major delays for Morse’s mental health treatment in jail.
James Smith, the attorney representing Morse, told 8 On Your Side that the parents were granted full guardianship of their son this week.
Warren agreed to reach out to leaders of the Hillsborough County jail about Morse’s treatment.
Morse’s parents said the longer he goes without mental health care in the jail, the more psychotic he’ll become, leading to more problems with future competency evaluations.
