Mar. 5—A 76-year-old man accused of murdering a San Rafael woman more than half a century ago is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled. Michael Eugene Mullen was scheduled to enter a ...

Michael Eugene Mullen, 76, is accused of killing 31-year-old Nina Fischer in her San Rafael home on Nov. 15, 1973.

“Given the totality of the record, it does meet probable cause,” Judge Geoffrey Howard said after the preliminary hearing concluded Tuesday for Michael Eugene Mullen. Mullen, 76, is accused of ...