http://kbia.org en http://kbia.org/post/suspect-va-hospital-death-have-mental-exam <p>A Sedalia man charged with killing a fellow patient at a Columbia veterans' hospital will receive a court-ordered psychiatric exam after an earlier plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/161439/veterans-hospital-homicide-suspect-to-undergo-mental-evaluation/" target="_blank">Columbia Missourian reports </a>that Boone County prosecutors and the lawyer for 33-year-old Rudy Perez Jr. agreed on the medical evaluation at a Monday hearing.</p> Wed, 01 May 2013 18:36:47 +0000 Associated Press 32984 at http://kbia.org http://kbia.org/post/update-victim-suspect-idd-truman-va-hospital-homicide <p>78-year-old Robert Hill of Warsaw was the man killed by another patient at Truman Veterans Hospital on Friday, Columbia police spokesperson Sgt. Joe Bernhard said in a release.&nbsp;</p><p>Bernhard said Hill was involved in an assault at about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1. He died from the injuries he sustained in the assault. The release said no weapons were involved in the assault, but didn't go into further detail.</p> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:10:24 +0000 Harum Helmy 28316 at http://kbia.org http://kbia.org/post/veterans-hospital-adds-mental-health-staff <p>The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia is adding seven new positions in its mental health care programs for veterans.</p><p> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:18:57 +0000 Hailee Hopkins 15939 at http://kbia.org Veterans hospital adds mental health staff