Alabama man charged in the deaths of his mother and son found fit to stand trial [Video]

THE WEEKEND COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, TAYLOR. WELL, A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS MOTHER AND HIS THREE YEAR OLD SON IN BIRMINGHAM APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING. WVTM THIRTEEN’S EMMA OWEN JOINS US LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE JEFFERSON COURTHOUSE. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN BESSEMER, THAT IS. AND EMMA DESMOND. BERT’S COMPETENCY HEARING JUST WRAPPED UP. WHAT DID YOU LEARN DURING THIS HEARING. YEAH, SARAH, THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH LOOKED INTO BOTH HIS COMPETENCY AND MENTAL STATE AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED MURDERS. NOW, HERE’S WHAT THEY FOUND. THE DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED HIS COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL. THEY ALSO SAY HE DIDN’T HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE HIM LESS AWARE OF THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGED CRIMES. NOW, BERT IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATHS …