A 27-year-old transient delayed entering a plea today on the murder
charge he faces for the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at the
MacArthur BART station in July because his attorney is waiting
for prosecutors to turn over more evidence in his case.
John Lee
Cowell is scheduled to return to court on Oct. 26 to enter a plea at
that time on the charges he faces for the stabbing death of Wilson and
the stabbing of Letifah Wilson, her 26-year-old sister, at about 9:36
p.m. on July 22.
Cowell
is charged with murder for Nia Wilson's death, attempted murder for the
stabbing of her sister and a special circumstance allegation that he
killed Wilson while lying in wait.
A large number of Wilson's family members and friends have attended
all of Cowell's court hearings and they came to his brief hearing today
as well.
Cowell has suffered from mental illness most of his life
and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, his
family said in a statement after he was arrested on July 23.
Alameda
County Public Defender Brendon Woods said after Cowell's hearing today
that Cowell is having a "difficult" time in custody.
Woods said one item of evidence the defense hasn't yet been given is video surveillance footage of the fatal stabbing.
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So his Attorney doesn't have enough evidence? Oh ok. I wonder what his argument going to be to go along his "mental illness" story, sadly this trial too is going to be a nightmare.
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