Earl Guillemet, the man charged with murder in the May shooting death of Dolores Hernandez, continues to wait on an evaluation by the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center.
Guillemet is represented by defense attorney Ramon McGee, who informed the Christian Circuit Courtroom of Judge John Atkins Wednesday afternoon that proceedings have been tied up as they await this mental evaluation on his client—he says that’s a problem that’s affecting the whole state, not just locally.
He says the Christian County Clerk’s Office has done their part in getting the ball rolling, and Judge Atkins confirmed they have not received the usual response from KCPC in gathering information about the person being evaluated. He continued proceedings to January 10, with the hope they will have more information on the state of things by that time.
Guillemet is accused of fatally shooting Hernandez May 3 in the 300 block of East 18th Street. Witnesses and security camera footage from the area identified a silver Chevy truck as leaving the scene after the shooting and a Black male with gray facial hair was seen walking towards the victim’s residence just moments before the shots fired call.
Police would also eventually recover the gun Guillemet allegedly used to kill Hernandez and he was arrested on charges of murder, tampering with evidence and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.