Son of oral surgeon ruled not competent to stand trial

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Scott Sterffy was ruled incompetent to stand trial by 8th District Court Judge Tiffany Ankley on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Sterffy faces charges of open murder and mutilating a dead body in relation to the death of his father, Thomas Aye, a Portage oral surgeon.

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In August, a judge denied bond for Sterffy.

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The search for Sterffy sparked a multi-state manhunt when investigators determined Sterffy had been in Chicago and Seattle since Aye's death.

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He was arrested on July 31 in Kalamazoo by police from the Portage Department of Public Safety, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's office.