Robert Lee Overstreet wants to die — again.
Overstreet, 34, who is charged with capital murder for raping and then killing Nancy Danielle Omer last June, told 3rd District Judge David Young during a recent arraignment that he wants the death penalty.
Before that can happen, two doctors will evaluate Overstreet to determine if he is "mentally retarded" or "suffering from a mental disorder" that would inhibit him from "understanding the proceedings against him," court records state.
Overstreet initially told Salt Lake County sheriff's detectives Todd Park and Keith Stephens during an Aug. 4 interview that he wanted to die, Park testified at a November 1999 preliminary hearing.
"Mr. Overstreet said that he wanted to speak with us and that he had a couple of conditions," Park said. "He wanted to make sure he got the death penalty and he wanted to smoke while he talked to us. He was going to tell us everything."
Overstreet later rescinded on his death wish.
But at his Dec. 3 arraignment, Overstreet once again asked for the death penalty.
"Defendant wishes to plead guilty as charged and requests the death penalty," court records state.
After his evaluation, Overstreet will appear before Young on Friday, Feb. 25, for a review hearing.
Overstreet is also charged with first-degree felony aggravated arson for allegedly setting on fire Omer's Taylorsville house at 4912 S. Bitter Root Drive (4820 South) on the day of her slaying, June 28.
In a separate case involving the June 26 rape of a Taylorsville woman, he is charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated burglary, all first-degree felonies, as well as tampering with evidence, a second-degree felony. He waived his preliminary hearing on those charges, and he is scheduled to appear at a review hearing in March after his competency evaluation.
In an August interview, Stephens told the Deseret News that during the two-hour meeting on Aug. 4, Overstreet detailed Omer's murder, saying he planned only a robbery but when he discovered her at home, he raped and killed her.
Stephens said that during Overstreet's interview with detectives, he also admitted to the June 26 rape and a 1993 rape of a Cottonwood woman, the latter of which, as far as police can tell, had never been reported.