NATION IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : Slaying Figure Faces Psychiatric Testing
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A church deacon charged with killing a neighborhood girl and burying her partially clad body in his basement was ordered to undergo psychiatric testing, while police prepared to excavate his yard and search for more bodies. A crowd of about 300 jeering Kingston, Mass., residents gathered outside the courthouse as Henry Meinholz, 52, was brought in for his arraignment. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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