"Florida face-biter" Avoids Jail

I stumbled upon this news story for the first time, even though the crime occurred in 2016 and the pandemic delayed the case several years, which could be why the sentencing isn't being talked about much. However, the case is a pretty bizarre one, so I'm a little surprised to be hearing about it for the first time. There are a number of news outlets writing articles about it, but I hadn't heard about it from peers or on Twitter; my "news outlet" of choice. The issue is that a former college student, Austin Harrouff, pled not guilty and will be committed to a mental institution after killing John and Michelle Mishcon Stevens. The bizarre part of the crime was that Harrouff was biting off pieces of John Stevens face when the police found him. 

To contextualize the crime a bit more: Harrouff "stormed off in anger" while he was at dinner at a local restaurant with his parents. His mother called 911 to warn the authorities that he was acting strangely. Claiming he was fleeing from a demon named "Daniel", Harrouff, after stripping, ended up in the Stevens' garage and drank chemicals they had. Police arrived at the scene to find that Harrouff had killed the couple with tools he had found in the garage.

Family members were angered with the sentencing, seeing his being committed to a mental institution as a "slap on the wrist' according to Mason Mishcon, Michelle's brother. As someone who is the most impacted by the crime, you can't expect them to feel that Harrouff got the sentence he deserved, but psychiatrists concluded he suffered an acute psychotic episode during the attack, backing his insanity plea.