Brian David Mitchell, the alleged kidnapper of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. This is not much of a surprise considering:

He has been removed from the courtroom several times during competency hearings over the past seven months for singing hymns and shouting Biblical admonitions, The Associate Press reported. He has called himself a prophet named "Emmanuel."

His wife and charged accomplice, Wanda Barzee, was ruled incompetent in January. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports:

In a 60-page decision, Judge Judith Atherton said that although Mitchell has an ''adequate capacity'' to comprehend the charges against him, the possible penalties and the adversary nature of the proceedings, he fails the competency test in other areas. Atherton said Mitchell has an impaired ability to communicate with his attorneys, engage in reasoned choice of legal strategies, manifest appropriate courtroom behavior and testify relevantly.

That means Mitchell, 51, will join his wife, Wanda Eileen Barzee, 59, at the Utah State Hospital for treatment aimed at making them well enough to face prosecution. Barzee has been at the hospital since March 2004.