RUPERT (Idaho Statesman) — The case of a Burley man accused of murdering four people in southern Idaho is set to continue this week after he was deemed competent to stand trial.

The judges in both Minidoka and Cassia counties, where the separate crimes took place, ruled that 56-year-old Benjamin Naylor is now competent. He was put into mental health treatment after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder. His family has said he struggles with schizophrenia.

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Police alleged that on July 8, he entered the home of a woman in Rupert and fatally shot her, then shot and ki

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