A Connecticut father who allegedly left his infant daughter to die in a motel bathtub last summer has been deemed incompetent to stand trial, according to reports.Dale Kirkland, 31, of Bridgeport, is charged with murder and other offenses

A Connecticut man charged with letting his infant daughter drown in a motel bathtub over the summer has been ruled not competent to stand trial.

Dale Kirkland, 31, is charged with murder, murder with special circumstances, and risk of injury to a minor in the death of his infant daughter in Milford.

A man charged with murder in the death of his infant daughter, who was found submerged in water in a bathtub at a motel in Milford last summer, has been found not competent to stand trial. The ruling was made Tuesday during a hearing in Milford Superior Court where 31-year-old Dale Kirkland appeared on charges of murder,

The father of a baby found dead in a Milford hotel room last summer has been found not competent to stand trial. Dale Kirkland is facing murder and other charges. The investigation started on Aug. 21 when a staff member at the Mayflower Motel went into a room to clean it and found a baby submerged in a child’s bathing tub,

The father of a baby girl found dead in a Connecticut motel bathroom in August has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. Dale Kirkland will return to court in March for another competency hearing after spending 60 days at Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown,