Trial delayed for Pammy Maye, accused of killing 5-year-old boy of Amber Alert
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – An anticipated continuance has been granted in the trial of a woman accused of killing a child, who was the subject of a statewide Amber Alert.
A Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judge ordered that the trial against 48-year-old Pammy Maye be rescheduled for April 25 after defense attorney Sam Shamansky requested a continuance on behalf of Maye.
The motion was expected after Shamansky told NBC4 the defense and prosecutors have not gone through the discovery process. The presiding judge ordered all discovery documents to be handed over within the next 30 days.
In addition, Maye, who did appear in court Monday, had not received a required mental health evaluation, according to Shamansky, who said he is more concerned with her mental state at the time of the incident and how it relates to the possibility of a not guilty plea by reason of insanity.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Maye on charges of aggravated murder, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of tampering with evidence after five-year-old Darnell Taylor was found in a south Columbus sewer drain on Feb. 16.
Maye was first accused of kidnapping Taylor, on Feb. 14, setting off a statewide Amber Alert. However, court records show that when Maye’s husband called 911, he told the operator that Taylor was dead.
Officers found Maye on Feb. 18 inside a building near Cleveland. The Columbus Division of Police released body camera footage on Friday from when Brooklyn police first encountered her.
An Ohio Amber Alert went out Feb. 14 for Darnell Taylor, 5, for whom she was a legal guardian and the suspect in his abduction. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant confirmed on Feb. 16 that police located what they believed to be Taylor’s body in southwest Columbus.
She was extradited back to Columbus on Feb. 21 for proceedings in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.