The man who randomly stabbed a 14-year-old boy to death as he walked to school earlier this year is mentally unfit to stand trial, a Bronx judge ruled Thursday.
Waldo Mejia, 29, was charged in the slaying of Caleb Rijos, when cops said the man plunged a serrated knife twice into the boy’s chest near the corner of E. 138th St. and Lincoln Ave. in Mott Haven around 9:30 a.m. Jan 10.
In his final moments, Caleb dialed his father, begging for help. Meanwhile, Mejia took off, leaving the mortally wounded boy dying on the street.
Medics rushed Caleb to Lincoln Hospital, but the knife cut through his heart and lung, and he could not be saved.
Cops arrested Mejia the next day for the slaying, as well as for an earlier random stabbing at the Third Ave.-138th St. subway stop on Jan. 5. He was charged with murder, manslaughter, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Mejia has a lengthy criminal history with the NYPD, who know him to be mentally ill. He lived just around the corner from where he attacked Caleb, and on the same block as where the boy lived with his family.
Following his arrest, Mejia was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court, where he screamed he was “with Satan” and warned a court officer touching his handcuffs, “I’mma catch you when I can.”
“My name is Waldo Mejia, so get ready to f—ing suffer along with me!” the man shouted during the crazed hearing, after which he was held without bail.
He was being held at a Rikers Island jail. But during a hearing on Thursday, Bronx Supreme Court Judge George Villegas ruled that Mejia was not mentally well enough to stand trial. Villegas ordered that Mejia be transferred to a psychiatric facility until it’s determined he can competently stand before a judge or jury.