Overview
- A Los Angeles Superior Court clerk confirmed he was under a mental‑health conservatorship from 2020 to 2021, according to the New York Times.
- The Times reported his psychiatric medication was switched roughly a month before the Dec. 14 killings, with sources describing a subsequent decline in his condition.
- He is charged with two counts of first‑degree murder with special circumstances, a posture that could lead to life without parole or death‑penalty consideration.
- After Alan Jackson withdrew on Jan. 7, public defender Kimberly Greene took over his defense, and he has not yet entered a plea.
- He is on suicide watch at Twin Towers Correctional Facility, and while multiple sharp‑force injuries have been publicly cited as the cause of death, the medical examiner’s records remain under a court‑ordered security hold.