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Judge Orders Competency Evaluation After Steele’s “Kill Him” Comment

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 4:22 PM UTC · How we work

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Thomas Henry Steele is accused of decapitating his aunt and grandmother with a chainsaw.
He faces two capital-murder counts for the Oct. 12 killings of Christy Deloach, 65, and Dora Boone, 85.
At an Oct. 13 bond hearing, Steele told Judge S. Wesley Pipes to “kill him,” prompting a competency evaluation.
He is held without bond at a medical facility, with arraignment scheduled for Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. before Judge Jay York.

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Story summary

Thomas Henry Steele is accused of decapitating his aunt and grandmother with a chainsaw.
He faces two capital-murder counts for the Oct. 12 killings of Christy Deloach, 65, and Dora Boone, 85.
At an Oct. 13 bond hearing, Steele told Judge S. Wesley Pipes to “kill him,” prompting a competency evaluation.
He is held without bond at a medical facility, with arraignment scheduled for Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. before Judge Jay York.