Time running out for mother to stand trial after being charged with killing her children
Welcome to Crime Watch Daily Updates: Today we're taking a new look at Catherine Hoggle, a mother charged with murder after her two young children disappeared in 2014. Their bodies remain undiscovered, but Catherine, charged with murder that same year, still needs to be tried.
Police say Catherine was the last person to see 3-year-old Sarah and and 2-year old Jacob alive, and a grand jury indicted Catherine on murder charges in December 2017. In the five years that followed, 19 different assessments found Catherine incompetent to stand trial.
Many are still holding out hope that Catherine, the suspect authorities believe responsible for the likely deaths of Jacob and Sarah, will eventually stand trial. However, the clock is ticking. If Catherine isn’t deemed fit for trial before December 2022, charges against her will have to be dropped under Maryland law.
Take a look back at the disappearances of Sarah and Jacob from our report in 2018 and let viewers decide for themselves who may or may not be guilty of these young children’s disappearance.
