The man accused of murdering a Fayetteville woman more than seven years ago is mentally fit to stand trial, according to a report from doctors at the state hospital.
Rico Tavarous Cohn, 28, is charged with capital murder in the April 2006 death of Nina Ingram, who was a 21-year-old college student. Ingram was found strangled inside her Sycamore Street apartment on April 22, 2006. Cohn was arrested and charged after Fayetteville police reopened the case in 2012.
Doctors said they found no indication Cohn suffered from mental impariment or mental disease, that he could conform his conduct to the requirements of the law, that he understands the proceedings against him and is capable of assisting in his own defense.
Doctors also said Cohn declined to provide information that would substantiate an acquittal by reason of insanity. Admitting guilt is a requirement of a mental defense.