The relatives of the couple murdered with machetes by the cannibal Austin Harrouff, in 59, in Florida, considered that not sentencing the convict to jail is due to the fact that he is a rich white boy.
Austin Harrouff, years old, was sent to a psychiatric hospital on Monday after a judge gave him he entered into a plea agreement accepting that he was not of sound mind when he killed John Stevens, of 59, and his wife, Michelle Mischon Stevens, of 53, in Jupiter.
However, the legal argument does not convince the relatives of the victims, who consider that the convict was given the privilege of being white when evaluating your case. They further state that the murderer was a drug addict who knew what he was doing.
“Here we are opening the prison doors to a double murderer. Four words come to mind: justice for a rich white kid,” said Cindy Mischon, Michelle’s sister, in her court message after the verdict.
Harrouff had years when he was caught in the garage of the victims’ house chewing on John’s face after attacking them both with a machete, details the Daily Mail report.
Harrouff claimed that he cannot remember the details of the murders, but that he believed that God and demons were speaking to him as he attacked the couple. Both he and his parents maintain that he was going through a mental crisis at the time of the incident.
Initially, the young man was accused of committing the crimes while he was on a trip for the synthetic drug “Flakka ” and bath salts. But the results of toxicological tests only detected traces of marijuana and prescription drugs in his body.
Another relative, identified as Cindy Mishcon, stated that the convict does not care about anyone but himself and that the only victim that both Harrouff and his family see is him.
“Is it really so difficult to understand that you are a cold-blooded murderer and not a victim?”, questioned the woman.
“I wonder, why do we Are we here today?” Mishcon argued. “Why is there no trial?” “Why was my family denied justice?” he added.
The plea of insanity was accepted by Martin County Circuit Judge Sherwood Bauer.
The decision establishes that Harrouff would be involuntarily committed to the custody of the Department of Children and Families to be placed in a mental health facility.
Two mental health experts, one hired by the defense and the other by the prosecutors, who examined the defendant determined that he suffered an episode psychotic during the attack in which he allegedly couldn’t tell right from wrong. The alleged deranged man thought he was half dog, half man when he attacked the victims.
Harrouff was a student at Florida State University when he killed the couple and stabbed a neighbor who came to help them.