Taylor Santiago, the Missouri woman charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a Eureka Springs woman more than a year ago, is scheduled to undergo an evaluation on March 2 at the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock to determine whether she is fit to stand trial.

Santiago’s next appearance in Carroll County Circuit Court has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, March 16, in Berryville.

Carroll County Circuit Judge Scott Jackson ordered the mental examination during a hearing on Dec. 15.

Santiago is charged with capital murder, first-degree attempted capital murder, aggravated residential burglary, first-degree battery and four felony counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.

Those charges stem from an incident on Jan. 23, when Santiago allegedly shot 36-yearold Sophia Williams as she lay in bed at a home on County Road 511.

Williams’ boyfriend, Nathan Green, who was 34 at the time, was shot in the cheek and was transported from the scene by ambulance, according to an affidavit filed by prosecutors after the incident seeking an arrest warrant for Santiago.

The affidavit said Santiago shares a child with Green and that four children, all under the age of 10, were in the home when the shootings occurred.

In April, Santiago was sentenced to life in prison without parole in Missouri after pleading guilty to killing her estranged husband in Aurora, Mo.

During an interview with Aurora police, the affidavit says, Santiago said she had killed three people. Santiago said she had first shot Troy Huffman, her estranged husband, in Missouri and then drove Huffman’s Mercedes to Green’s home in Arkansas and shot him and his girlfriend, according to the affidavit. Santiago told Aurora police that she killed Huffman because she needed a vehicle, the affidavit says.

The affidavit says that Santiago told police she had lost sole custody of her daughter and feared she would go to jail because she couldn’t pay child support.

Santiago told Aurora police that she had never been to Green’s “new place” and that she had to use her phone to map the address, which she got from court documents in the custody case, the affidavit says.

During the Dec. 15 hearing, Santiago said she wanted to represent herself in the local case.

While Jackson did not rule on that request, he told Santiago: “I think it is a bad idea. I would strongly advise you against this decision.”

Jackson also told Santiago that if her request is granted, she can ask for an attorney “at any time.” In the meantime, he ordered the mental exam and also ordered attorney Gregg E. Parrish of the Arkansas Public Defenders Commission to appear at all hearings in the case as “standby counsel.” Jackson also ordered the Carroll County Public Defender’s Office to be present as standby counsel, as well.

Prosecutors have not ruled out seeking the death penalty if Santiago is convicted.