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A Rapides Parish judge has found Kristina Hoffpauir, 34, capable of standing trial for the August 2019 death of Sherwood Doyle, 81, in Elizabeth. Hoffpauir is charged with first degree murder. According to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, which investigated the case, Hoffpauir was an acquaintance of Doyle's. RPSO said Doyle's cause of death was " blunt force injury of head and neck, asphyxia due to ligature strangulation and a stab wound to the neck." According to the bill of information filed in the case, Doyle is believed to have died sometime between August 1 and August 6, 2019. Hoffpauir was indicted in October of that year. Her first attorney assigned to her case filed to have a sanity commission appointed, but it was initially denied. In October 2021, both the state and defense came to an agreement to appoint one. Two doctors had differing opinions on the case, so a third doctor was asked to weigh in January.