San Mateo County

Mental Exam Ordered for Man Charged With 2 Stabbing Deaths

A judge has ordered a mental examination for a man charged with stabbing to death a taxi driver and a tow truck driver in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area.

A San Mateo County judge on Wednesday suspended proceedings and ordered two doctors to determine whether Malik Dosouqi is competent to stand trial for murder. The judge said heโ€™s concerned the 26-year-old Pacifica man might not understand the proceedings. 

Prosecutors say Dosouqi killed 32-year-old taxi driver Abdulmalek Nasher on June 18 and John Pekipaki, a 31-year-old tow truck driver, the next night after making service calls to lure them to a remote area near Woodside.

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