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Murder suspect called competent for trial
Evaluation sheds light on defendant's background
AndreaWilson
Andrea Wilson
In a death penalty case, an evaluation has recommended that Andrea Wilson be found mentally competent to stand trial for her alleged involvement in the death of her 3-year-old cousin Prince C. Davis Jr.
Wilson, 36, of Riceboro has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, two counts of felony murder and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.
The mental evaluation was filed last month in the case that has apparently been slowed by statewide funding problems in the public defender system.
Wilson and her boyfriend and co-defendant, Corey Brown, were arrested in January last year when EMS crews were dispatched to Wilson's home and found the child unresponsive.
The toddler was later pronounced dead at Liberty Regional Medical Center. Initial autopsy reports revealed the child died of blunt force trauma and malnutrition.
Davis had reportedly been in Wilson and Brown's care for about 10 months. Authorities have little information regarding the child's mother.
The state is still waiting for the forensic autopsy report but prosecutors have indicated they will seek the death penalty for both Wilson and Brown.
The Superior Court of Liberty County filed a request last March for a mental evaluation after Wilson's court appointed public defenders requested one.
She was initially evaluated on June 19 with a follow up interview at the Liberty County Regional Jail on Dec. 4.
The interviews consisted of two different intelligence tests, structured interviews and a mental status exam. The report cited sources that included information from police reports, copies of letters reportedly written by Wilson, telephone interviews with Wilson's mother and stepfather and consultations with jail staff.
The report, filed with the court, provides some background on Wilson.
She was born in New York City, but moved to Liberty County when she was 7 or 8. Throughout her teen years she never reported nor did they find any history of neglect or abuse from her mother and stepfather. Wilson attended regular school until the ninth grade when she dropped out when she became pregnant. She never married. Her mother and stepfather raised her daughter, now 19, without incident.
In the report Wilson said she worked primarily in the hotel industry as a housekeeper until 2001 when she injured her shoulder. She reported she took painkillers and muscle relaxants for her shoulder but otherwise had no other medical problems.
Wilson admitted she started smoking marijuana at 18 and continued to do so as an adult at least every other day. She said she started to use alcohol when she was 17 but soon stopped and denied ever abusing or seeking treatment for drugs or alcohol.
The report said Wilson was confined for shoplifting when she was 17 and around the age of 24 she and her then partner were arrested for domestic violence. She said she was in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship from 1989 to 1994. Later she described her relationship with co-defendant, Corey Brown, as abusive at times toward herself and the victim. Wilson said she was with Brown from 2001 until when they were arrested.
Being unable to work and unsuccessful at acquiring Social Security disability, Wilson said she relied on Brown primarily for income. She also received some income from boarding a cousin's 17-year-old son and occasionally she did cleaning jobs.
Psychiatrists and evaluators found Wilson to be alert and able to remain oriented to persons, places, dates, days and situations.
At one point during the interview Wilson did describe her current mood as "kind of sad" and admitted depression since her shoulder injury.  She indicated her abusive relationship between 1989-1994 increased her fear of people and she had a tendency to isolate herself. She said her depression has since been exacerbated by her current legal situation and feelings regarding the death of her baby cousin.
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From Hinesville Police Department reports. Editor’s note: Due to computer issues at the city, reports have been unavailable in recent weeks. They are back. Our thanks to the HPD clerks who provide them. We’re catching up as quickly as possible.

Burglary, etc: A man called 911 on Feb. 27 because he was watching his White Circle home getting burglarized. The man said his alarm system had an app that showed live video on his phone, and he was “viewing three males inside his residence,” as he talked to 911.
Police responded, caught two of them inside the house and found the third guy “hiding behind a tree,” the report said.
Detectives are investigating.

Public indecency: An officer was sent to Lowes around 4:30 p.m. March 12 in reference to a disturbance involving a man and a woman.
The woman, a Lowe’s employee, said she had just got back from her lunch break when she saw the man “looking around at items on a shelf.”
The woman said she asked him if he needed help finding anything and he held up something, then said “I have found everything I need,” the report said. “(he) then placed his arms around (the employee) to hug her and then kissed (her) neck. (She) then moved away from (him) and told him to have a nice day and attempted to walk away from (the man). (He) then began to follow (her), stating ‘I would lick you up and down’ and ‘you better hide in an office.’ (She) then spoke with manager and called 911.’”
The man told police he thought he recognized the woman “and stated to me that he had previously had a relationship with her approximately two years ago. (He) was unable to recall (her) name while on scene.”
The woman told police “she has never seen, nor spoken to (the man) before today.”
The woman was given a case number and told what to do. The man was allowed to leave.

Indecent exposure: A Berkshire Terrace man reported he went outside his house around 6:40 a.m. and “observed a man who appeared to be intoxicated, peeing on his truck and trailer.”
The complainant said the man “fully exposed his penis while he was peeing. When (complainant) asked him to stop the man told him to ‘shut the (bleep) up.’ (Complainant) advised the man he would call police. (Complainant) advised his young son was standing outside during the incident. He said the man got into a 1996 black Buick and drove away, almost hitting cars that were parked in the driveway.”
The complainant said he did not want to press charges, “he said he wanted to report the incident because the man did not stop peeing when he asked him too.”
The complainant said he’d seen the man before “come and go” from a nearby apartment. The officer met with the resident of that apartment, who said the man was a cousin and did not pee on the complainant’s trailer.

Identity theft: A man went to HPD on March 21 to report that when he went to get a driver’s history for a commercial driver’s license, he found several citations on the history that weren’t his. “(He) stated he noticed someone was issued four citations in Arkansas and one citation in Jacksonville, Florida,” and during the time the Arkansas tickets were written he was in locked up in Georgia.
“(He) advised that he was not incarcerated when the citation in Jacksonville, Florida was issued but he was not in Florida at the time. (He) was unable to leave the state of Georgia due to being on felony probation.”
It gets worse.
“(He) told me that he attempted to file his income taxes for the first time ever and he was rejected due to owing the IRS money, $20,000. (He) stated he spoke to a representative for the IRS and he was informed that taxes were filed in his name in 2014 and the return was $1,3000. (He) advised he did not file taxes in 2013 and he was still incarcerated at the time.”
The man then told the officer he thinks his brother “got the citations and filed income taxes using his information. (He) believed his brother obtained his Social Security number and other demographics when he was incarcerated.”
The man said he talked to his brother, who said he paid all the tickets. “(His) brother also told him on a different occasion that he knew his date of birth and (SSN). (He) advised he told his brother that it was not OK to use his name due to him getting his life together and attempting to drive commercial vehicles.”
The guy said he didn’t have his brother’s address. He chose to fill out an identity theft packet.

Simple battery, theft by taking: An officer was sent around 2 a.m. March 20 to the Baymont Inn regarding a disturbance. There, a woman said she was being “grabbed and pulled” by a man when she told him to leave her motel room. She said they began arguing when he accused her of stealing $100.
The man claimed he met the woman on a dating website and when they “started having sex she informed him that it would cost $100.” He told her he wasn’t going to pay her, “got dressed and realized the five $20s in his pants pocket were missing. He accused (her) of stealing his money.”
The officer asked the woman if she stole the man’s money and she replied, “No, I work hard for my money.”
Both were given a case number and told how to get a warrant.

Robbery: A woman called HPD March 15 to report she was home when her estranged husband came to her apartment “and asked her to come outside to talk to him,” a report said.
“She stated that she stepped outside thinking that he was going to be civil, though she recently filed for divorce from him. As she stepped outside, he grabbed her necklace off her neck and then ran down the stairwell and out to the parking lot.”
The woman said he stood by his vehicle a minute, then drove off as police arrived. Officers checked the area but had no luck finding the man.

Burglary: Police were sent to a Malibu Drive address on March 13 regarding missing firearms and ransacked rooms. The homeowners were at work and got home to find handguns and rifles missing, as well as video games.
It appeared the home may have been broken into through the attic. Police found footprints and other evidence, and the case is under investigation.

Recovered stolen trailer: A U-Haul employee was inventorying equipment on March 14 when she discovered a trailer that had been reported stolen in Florida on Dec. 26. “She stated someone had backed the trailer into a parking stall along with the other trailers sometime during the night.”

Theft: In February, the maintenance man at Cypress Bend Mobile Home Park reported that “22 air conditioning unit disconnect boxes were stolen from various lots… He stated he began receiving calls from people that their air conditioning units were not working.”
The boxes contain small pieces of copper. He didn’t know who swiped them, but valued the total at about $341.

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