Status Update: Case Continued Against Man Charged With Murdering His Father

The case against a Woodridge man charged with murdering his father has been continued until October. Woodridge resident Yashesh Desai made a brief appearance in front of DuPage County Court Judge Robert Kleeman on Wednesday.

At the state's request, a psychiatrist was to submit a report regarding Desai's sanity. Due to scheduling conflicts, however, the psychiatrist has requested an additional three weeks to prepare the reports. The judge continued Desai's case for four weeks, at which point each side will determine how it wants to proceed.

The case up to this point

A report from the Illinois Department of Human Services, earlier this year, indicated Desai showed signs of improvement, but remained unfit to stand trial.

During the hearing in January, Kleeman referenced the findings and noted Desai was on course with the one-year treatment timeline expected to be needed to restore Desai’s ability to understand and assist his defense in court hearings.

“It appears he’s at least making some progress,” Kleeman said in January, citing the report issued in late December.

Kleeman, last November, found Desai unfit to stand trial on charges he used a weed trimmer to kill his father, Sanjiv, during an August 2011 incident inside the family’s home on Plover Court. Desai was then transferred to a secure DHS facility around Thanksgiving of that year, where he remains in custody.

In addition to the murder charges, Desai is also accused of biting a DuPage County Jail guard’s finger hard enough to break it during an incident in the jail after his arrest on murder charges. Desai refused to appear in court on a couple of occasions and, according to authorities, had defecated in his cell prior to the biting incident.

Desai is scheduled to return to court on October 17.

*Editor's Note: Desai's January hearing was covered by Patch contributor Dan Campana and was included as part of this update to provide background on this ongoing case.