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What the Court Record Shows About Linda Henning’s Competency: A Timeline

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Update, Oct. 30, 2026: The timeline now includes four more court records, including the order staying the case until Henning’s competency is decided and the State’s 2025 competency motion. See the timeline’s Updates section for details and one correction. Over 27 years, the court record traces how the question of Linda Henning’s competency moved from

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Designed timeline graphic: 27 years of Linda Henning competency court events from 1999 to the Oct. 23, 2026 orders vacating her convictions.

NEW: Hossencofft asking judge to throw-out his plea and life sentence

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(Albuquerque) KRQE-TV reports today that convicted killer Diazien Hossencofft is asking a judge to vacate his sentence. KRQE’s webite states, Hossencofft claims prosecutors were colluding with Albuquerque Police to hide evidence that would’ve exonerated him and his mistress, Linda Henning. Henning is also serving time in prison for the murder. krqe.com According to KRQE’s story,

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Diazien Hossencofft in a white inmate uniform and handcuffs, escorted down a stairwell holding a manila envelope.

Court upholds woman’s conviction for murder of Girly Chew Hossencofft

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE (AP) – The state Supreme Court has upheld the murder and kidnapping convictions of a woman for killing her ex-boyfriend’s wife, whose body has never been found. Linda Henning was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Girly Chew Hossencofft, who disappeared in September 1999. The Supreme Court, in an unanimous

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Linda Henning booking photo in an orange jumpsuit holding a CCA New Mexico Women’s Correctional Facility slate, Dec. 3, 2002.

Doctor who evaluated Henning at center of Yates controversy

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AUDIO Phone interview with Gary Mitchell regarding Texas Court of Appeals ruling that reversed murder convictions against Andrea Yates. A Texas Court of Appeals last week threw out the murder convictions against Andrea Yates, the woman accused of drowning her children in a bathtub. The court found that state’s witness Dr. Park Elliot Dietz, a forensic pychiatrist,

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Forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz in a dark suit and tie, speaking during a media appearance.
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