A woman accused of executing her younger boyfriend and then chopping off his arms and legs almost seven years ago may be mentally unfit to stand trial.
Nelci Tetley, 74, was indicted on a charge of first-degree mur*der in the gruesome 2017 de*ath of 55-year-old Jeffrey Albertsman, but will most likely be committed to a mental health facility after multiple experts testified she couldn’t be restored to mental competency.
Tetley was arrested in 2018 and has been jailed since.
She’s accused of shooting her beau in the head and dismembering his body — dumping his arms and legs at a fernery.
Authorities reportedly found part of Albertsman’s badly decomposed body inside a home where they determined he suffered a gunshot wound to the head and the chest.
His other body parts were found two months later at the fernery.
Tetley and Albertsman had been together for about 10 years, but the relationship was rocky, the outlet reported. She was taken into custody after she was linked to the crime following DNA testing, police said at the time.
The Florida woman was also named as a person of interest in the 2007 homicide of 27-year-old Michael Louis.
The victim’s body parts were found in garbage bags along a riverbank, the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
The two had reportedly dated for a period of time. She has not been charged in that case.
Assistant State Attorney Spencer Hathaway said during Monday’s hearing about Tetley’s mental health that prosecutors would seek to have her civilly committed to a secure facility, the newspaper reported.
Still, Hathaway said the state might seek another expert opinion on whether Tetley can be helped back to mental competency leading up to an April 11 hearing.
A rep from a Florida behavioral health care system reportedly said during the hearing the group would need a few months to determine where Tetley should land if she is civilly committed.
During the hearing, Tetley explained she had heart issues and high blood pressure, as well as cloudy vision, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. She also begged to see her daughter.
“Please, please, please,” Tetley said. “I don’t see my daughter for over six years. I miss her so much.”
