Robert Dear Dies in Prison

Robert Dear, the anti-abortion activist accused of a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015, has died in federal prison at 67. Despite facing 179 charges and admitting to the crime, Dear was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial due to paranoid delusional disorder. Prosecutors attempted to restore his competency through medication, but his death, preliminarily linked to natural causes, ends the decade-long legal battle. The Daily News Now! — Every city. Every story. AI-powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.