A Miami-Dade judge has ruled that Precious Leslie Bland, 43, is not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2021 drowning death of her 15-month-old daughter.
The victim, identified as Emii, was found face down in a bathtub filled with bloody water at the family home. Deputies arrived to a scene of absolute horror.
Bland, a Navy veteran who served in Iraq, had been acting strangely in the days before the attack, warning neighbors not to take the COVID vaccine because it was "the mark of the devil."
On the day of the killing, she insisted the family get baptized in the tub so they could all go to heaven together. When her husband resisted, she ordered their 16-year-old daughter to fetch a knife and then stabbed them both, as well as the teen in the arm.
Bland also stabbed herself during the rampage and told her husband and daughter they needed to be "baptized" because "Jesus Christ is coming and COVID is going to kill us all."
Her defense team successfully argued that Bland was in a full psychotic break, hearing voices and unable to understand the nature of her actions, due to a "COVID-induced psychotic episode."
The judge scheduled a hearing for conditional release with treatment and monitoring, and Bland was already out on a $10,000 bond under house arrest with GPS monitoring since September 2025.
Bland walked out of the courtroom after the verdict, telling reporters through tears, "God is good. This doesn’t bring back my daughter. I’m thankful. I love my children. Just ready to get my life back together, my husband and my children just move forward."
