Laungatasi Ahio

A Millbrae murder suspect recently found mentally fit to aid in his own defense will stand trial in June for the 2010 stabbing of an alleged romantic rival near Mills High School.

Laungatasi Samana Ahio, 23, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and the use of a knife in the Aug. 4, 2010 murder of Jared Afu. He is also charged with the special allegation of lying in wait which makes him eligible for life in prison without parole.

On Wednesday, a judge scheduled his trial for June 10. The setting comes less than a week after a judge declared Ahio competent, echoing the conclusion of doctors at Napa State Hospital who sent him back for prosecution after a stay last year.

Afu's friends reported seeing him stabbed by Ahio around 11:30 p.m. The next afternoon, a bloodied backpack containing identification and a bloody knife was discovered a block from the school, on the side of the New Vision United Methodist Church on Chadbourne Avenue. Ahio surrendered to police that night.

Authorities suggested Ahio killed Afu over jealousy involving a girlfriend who he was convicted in July 2010 of battering.

He remains in custody without bail.