Precious Bland — who admitted to drowning her 15-month-old daughter in a bathtub then knifing her husband and teen daughter in August 2021 — was undergoing a psychotic break triggered by COVID-19 during the disturbing incident, her lawyers contended during a two-day bench trial in Miami-Dade County this week.
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A Florida woman who blamed COVID-19 for supposedly slaying her toddler and stabbing two other relatives was shockingly acquitted of all criminal charges.
Precious Bland — who admitted to drowning her 15-month-old daughter in a bathtub then knifing her husband and teen daughter in August 2021 — was undergoing a psychotic break triggered by COVID-19 during the disturbing incident, her lawyers contended during a two-day bench trial in Miami-Dade County this week.
But Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is proceeding to impeach a judge for acquitting Bland, according to a story by The Daily Wire.
Judge Miguel de la O found 43-year-old Precious Bland not guilty on grounds of insanity, ruling that she was undergoing a “psychotic episode” caused by COVID-19. Bland allegedly drowned her 15-month-old daughter Emii in a bathtub after screaming, “Jesus Christ is coming, and COVID is going to kill us all,” and insisting that the children needed to be baptized.
Defense lawyers argued that Bland was experiencing temporary insanity caused by COVID-19 and was not aware of what she was doing. The prosecution vehemently rejected this claim.
“She was verbalizing that the baby needed to stop breathing. So she was holding her down to make sure she stopped breathing,” a prosecutor said during opening statements.
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According to The Wire’s story, when Bland’s husband tried to step in, she stabbed him several times with a knife. The husband fled the scene with four of the couple’s children, but not before the mother knifed their 16-year-old daughter in the forearm.
Bland waived her right to a jury trial and was instead given a bench trial, which gives the judge absolute authority in handing down the verdict.
Governor DeSantis expressed his support for impeaching the judge and called on the Florida House “to do its duty.”
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