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Man dies in KC jail after waiting months for court-ordered mental health treatment

Summary by Missouri Independent
Missourians who are arrested and declared incompetent to stand trial wait in jail an average of 14 months before receiving treatment (Getty Images).A man who spent months in a Kansas City jail waiting to be transferred to a state psychiatric hospital for court-ordered treatment died on Monday.  Timothy Beckmann was arrested in late September and found incompetent to stand trial due to mental health diagnoses. He was ordered into Department of Me…

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Missouri Independent broke the news in on Friday, May 23, 2025.
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