Larry Handfield
Coverage of Larry Handfield in the Nexus archive.
- Judge rules mother acquitted of killing 1-year-old daughter will remain free
A Miami-Dade judge ruled that Precious Bland, 38, who was acquitted of drowning her 1-year-old daughter and attempting to murder her husband and teen daughter, will remain free. Bland’s defense claimed her actions were due to a temporary psychosis caused by Covid.
- ‘Doesn’t stop the pain’: Woman found not guilty by insanity in daughter’s drowning case speaks out
Precious Bland was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning death of her 1-year-old daughter and the attempted murders of her husband and teenage daughter. Authorities stated Bland, who suffered from self-inflicted stab wounds and claimed to hear voices instructing her to baptize her family, was diagnosed with COVID-19-induced psychosis. Her attorney argued her actions were due to mental defects caused by the virus, marking one of the first successful COVID-related insanity defenses in the U.S.