George Ortiz appeared to kill Phillip Dewey Bergquist in an attempt to tell others he wasn't one to be messed with, but the defendant claimed Bergquist was coming after him and his family.
Judge Susan Bailey ordered a mental health evaluation for George Ortiz, who is accused of killing Phillip Dewey Bergquist in October near the Red River. It’s not Ortiz’s first outburst in court.
Phillip Dewey Bergquist tried to get away from the attack before he collapsed, court documents said. George Ortiz then slit Bergquist's throat and rolled him into the river, prosecutors alleged.
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