Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Southington man refuses to cooperate with mental health professionals
WARREN
Royce Honaker, 60, a former auto worker from Countyline Turnpike Road in Southington accused of killing his wife, Donna, last July, has refused to allow a mental health professional evaluate him.
Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court ordered in September that the Forensic Center of Northeast Ohio in Austintown conduct a psychiatric evaluation on Honaker, but Honaker has refused to cooperate on at least two occasions.
On Tuesday, Judge Logan asked Honaker to allow the evaluation within the next two weeks or he will be forced to have him admitted to a state psychiatric hospital for evaluation there.
Police say Honaker called 911 on July 31 to say he had just killed his wife, Donna, 58. He was standing near the garage when police arrived and repeated the statement, police said.
Donna Honaker died of a gunshot wound.