TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — One judge ruled a suspected man incompetent to understand court proceedings in a case involving mountain lions eating a victim's remains.
Pima County court documents show 24-year-old Daylan Jacob Thornton was ruled incompetent and is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 66-year-old Steven Mark Brashear.
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In 2020, Pima County Sheriff's Deputies were called near the Pima Canyon trail, where human remains were identified to be Brashear.
Thornton will be going to court in February and is being held on a $2,000,000 bond.
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Marcos Icahuate joined the KGUN team in September 2022. He previously worked on digital content in Southern California's Imperial County where he was raised.
