<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man accused of raping an 8-year-old girl and fracturing her head with a shovel after being found mentally incompetent in a separate sex assault case has again been found mentally incompetent, a news report said.</p>
<p>Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Annie O’Connell determined on Thursday that Cane Madden is mentally incompetent to stand trial and unlikely to regain competency in the near future, <a href="https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisville-man-accused-of-raping-8-year-old-will-have-case-dismissed-wont-stand-trial/article_2ceeb494-82ae-11eb-b272-ebfc02179cdf.html">WDRB-TV </a> reported.</p>
<p>Madden was charged with first-degree rape, assault and robbery in the 2019 attack on the girl. A Louisville police arrest citation says officers responded to a report of a girl beaten and robbed of her iPad and found her with a fractured skull and injuries indicating sexual assault.</p>
<p>It says Madden was seen nearby and questioned, telling detectives “intimate details” of the assault.</p>
<p>Madden was ruled mentally incompetent months earlier on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman and bit off part of her face in 2017.</p>
<p>Madden has had several cases dismissed due to incompetency and was set free because he didn’t meet Kentucky’s criteria for involuntary hospitalization, the station reported. The state requires a person to be a danger to self or others, to be able to benefit from treatment and that hospitalization be the least restrictive treatment available.</p>
<p>Two state lawmakers have filed a bill to change the state law, but it hasn’t had a hearing.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, prosecutors said they are petitioning again to have Madden involuntarily hospitalized, according to the news report. </p>
