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Carneal Hearing Delayed

By Chad Lampe

Murray – A federal judge has moved back a hearing on Heath High School shooter Michael Carneal's claim that he was mentally incompetent to appeal his guilty plea. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell, Wednesday reset the hearing for 27-year-old Carneal from February 7th to March 14th. Carneal is serving life in prison after admitting in 1998 to killing three classmates and wounding five at the Paducah school.