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Genene Jones to learn results of 'sanity evaluation' in court hearing Thursday

Convicted Killer Nurse Genene Jones will appear in court Thursday to learn the results of a psychiatric evaluation granted by presiding Criminal Magistrate Judge Andrew Carruthers.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Convicted Killer Nurse Genene Jones will appear in court Thursday to learn the results of a psychiatric evaluation granted by presiding Criminal Magistrate Judge Andrew Carruthers.

Judge Carruthers granted both competency and sanity evaluations for Genene Jones after she appeared in court Wednesday morning.

This comes after her defense made a request for a psychological evaluation in the five murder charges against her.

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Former Bexar County Asst. District Attorney Jason Goss testified during a motion for speedy trial hearing in April that the prosecution in the case against Jones has evidence that she previously admitted to killing "babies" in a past interview with a parole officer.

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He also testified that Jones once claimed that "voices in [her] head" caused her to kill.

Jones entered a plea of not guilty in all five murder charges against her at her arraignment in Dec. 2017.

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