A Florida judge said a South Carolina mother who drove her three children into the ocean off Daytona Beach should be involuntarily hospitalized for six months for mental health treatment.
Circuit Judge Leah Case read her decision about 33-year-old Ebony Wilkerson Tuesday in a Daytona Beach courtroom.
The judge said she found the Myrtle Beach woman incompetent and in need of further psychiatric help.
Her ruling followed two days of testimony last week from doctors and Wilkerson.
The judge previously ruled Wilkerson was not guilty by reason of insanity on charges of child abuse and prosecutors dropped attempted murder charges.
Her attorneys argued Wilkerson had made progress and needed only outpatient care.
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