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A competency evaluation for a Kearns woman facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly tossing her newborn daughter in a trash can was delayed Monday while the court waits for an additional report.
An evaluation of Alicia Englert's mental health was ordered in October by 3rd District Court Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills.
At Monday's hearing, the judge said she had received one evaluation, but was waiting for another.
A review hearing was reset for Feb. 9.
Salt Lake County prosecutors have charged Englert with one count of first-degree felony attempted murder. Englert has not yet entered a plea to the charges. If she is convicted of the crime, she could spend the rest of her life in prison.
Court papers say Englert secretly gave birth in the toilet of the her parent's Kearns home in August and later told police she placed the 2-day-old girl in a neighbor's trash bin because she didn't want the baby.
The infant was placed in state custody.
Englert is free on $25,000 bail.