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Suspect in 1800mattress.com slaying unfit for trial

A Nassau judge Thursday found the son of the founder of bedding giant 1800mattress.com unfit to stand trial for the May beating death of his mother, and sent him to a secure upstate psychiatric facility indefinitely.

Nassau County Judge David Sullivan said in court that Eduardo Barragan, 38, of Searingtown, had been examined by two psychiatrists, both of whom determined that he is mentally...

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