The examination of Davontrez R. McCuddin, 22, was ordered Thursday by District Court Judge John R. Flynn.

In his order, Flynn wrote that he found “probable cause that the defendant is suffering from a mental disorder which may prevent the defendant from appreciating the charge, understanding the proceedings or assisting effectively in his defense.”

The psychiatric competency exam will be conducted by the staff of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, which is part of the Department of Corrections.

McCuddin is charged with two counts of first degree murder. He is accused of stabbing his sister, 26-year-old Markasia McCuddin, of Ames, and her son, 1-year-old Liam Sanders- McCuddin, on March 13 in the hallway of an apartment building in Ames.

He was arrested that night and remains in jail on a cash-only bond of $3 million.

Attorney Charles J. Kenville has met with McCuddin multiple times since his arrest. As a result of those meetings, he began to question McCuddin’s competency to stand trial. In court documents, he wrote that McCuddin has exhibited unregulated emotions and had made statements that can only be interpreted as him experiencing sound and visual hallucinations. He added that McCuddin had made statements about having multiple souls, conspiracies to kill him and supernatural observations.

In addition to the first degree murder charges pending against him in Story County, McCuddin also faces a charge of attempt to commit murder in Webster County. In that case he is accused of shooting and wounding a man in Fort Dodge on Jan. 4.