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Man freed in competency mix up arrested again in SC killings

This image provided by the Pueblo County, Colo., Jail shows Joseph Brand, charged with killing two sisters in South Carolina 12 years ago but who disappeared out of the legal system after he was found incompetent to stand trial. He was arrested Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Colorado after authorities reinstated his charges, a sheriff's office and a family attorney said. (Pueblo County, Colo., Jail via AP_ This image provided by the Pueblo County, Colo., Jail shows Joseph Brand, charged with killing two sisters in South Carolina 12 years ago but who disappeared out of the legal system after he was found incompetent to stand trial. He was arrested Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Colorado after authorities reinstated his charges, a sheriff's office and a family attorney said. (Pueblo County, Colo., Jail via AP_ Attorney Lori Murray speaks at a news conference, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Kingstree, S.C. Murray asked prosecutors to release information about why the man charged in the killings of two sisters in October 2010 has been set free after being found incompetent to stand trial. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) Kingstree Mayor Darren Tisdale speaks at a news conference, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Kingstree, S.C. Tisdale asked prosecutors to release information about why the man charged with killing his mother and sister has been set free after being found incompetent to stand trial. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) In this undated photo released by the Mitchum Family in May 2020 shows Thelma Haddock, left, and her sister, Naomi Johnson. Authorities said they were killed in Kingstree, S.C., in October 2010 and the man charged in their killing was sent for mental treatment and disappeared until the family saw him back in their small town in 2020 and realized his charges were gone. (Mitchum Family via AP) The families of two sisters killed in 2010 in Kingstree, S.C., stand by attorney Lori Murray, far left, who asks prosecutors to release information about why the man charged in the killings has been set free after being found incompetent to stand trial, at a news conference, Monday, May, 9, 2022, in Kingstree. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) In this undated photo released by the Mitchum Family in May 2020 shows Thelma Haddock, left, and her sister, Naomi Johnson. Authorities said they were killed in Kingstree, S.C., in October 2010 and the man charged in their killing was sent for mental treatment and disappeared until the family saw him back in their small town in 2020 and realized his charges were gone. (Mitchum Family via AP)
Man freed in competency mix up arrested again in SC killings