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Trial details of stabbing suspect Kendrex White

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Zoe Fu

May 1, 2017 1:45 P.M.

The UT Police Department receive reports of an individual assaulting others with a knife on the 200 block of East 21st Street, across the street from Speedway and San Jacinto. UTPD officers are on the scene within two minutes. Biology junior Kendrex J. White is taken into custody.

May 1, 2017 5:00 P.M.


University officials hold a press conference and confirm the stabbing suspect as biology junior Kendrex J. White.

May 1, 2017 6:57 P.M.

Graham Independent School District confirms the death of UT freshman Harrison Brown in the stabbing.

May 3, 2017

An affidavit is filed that states White told police he did not remember the attacks.

May 18, 2017

White makes his first appearance in court. State prosecutors file three motions to examine White’s mental health to determine if he is fit to stand trial.

May 24, 2017

At another hearing, a district judge orders White’s defense to respond to several motions filed by the prosecution by June 2, 2017. The motions relate to punishment and deal with White’s sanity.

June 9, 2017

During a pretrial hearing, a district judge rules White will not undergo insanity tests yet.

July 17, 2017

White is indicted by a grand jury for first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault.

September 22, 2017

The judge for White’s case denies the prosecutor’s second request for a mental health evaluation of White.

March 15, 2018

State prosecutors appoint a psychiatrist to assess the mental state of White. Brown’s family also appears in court.

May 8, 2018

A pretrial hearing is scheduled for White. No trial date has been set.

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