CHICAGO - A homeless woman accused of setting an apartment fire that killed four people on the city's North Side in March was found mentally unfit Thursday to stand trial.
Cook County Judge Charles Burns ruled that Mary Smith was unfit after hearing from a psychiatrist who interviewed her and remanded the 43-year-old to the custody of the state Department of Human Services.
Dr. Peter Lourgos testified that Smith couldn't give a coherent account of the events leading to her arrest. She is taking an anti-psychotic drug and …
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