MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Mental Health has completed its competency evaluation of a mother charged in the stabbing death of her 8-year-old son, court records show.

Jennifer Long is charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of her 8-year-old son, Tyler Gardiner. She is also accused of stabbing her father during the incident on Colony Lane in Hartselle on March 16, 2023.

Court records show that ADMH turned over its mental competency report to Circuit Judge Jennifer Howell on October 20. Howell filed an order on Oct. 23 saying she had received and reviewed the order, and a hearing regarding the competency evaluation would come at a later date if requested by an attorney.

Long's attorneys requested the outpatient evaluation of her competency to stand tr

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