A Florida man charged in 2020 with attacking his parents, which killed his father and nearly killed his mother, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Anthony Kaptzan was evaluated by doctors appointed by the prosecution and defense. Doctors concluded that he was insane when he carried out the attacks in May 2020.
According to prosecutors, Kaptzan stabbed his parents during an argument at the time. His father Alex was killed while his mother Ivette survived the attack.
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Antonio Kaptzan
(Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
Kaptzan’s defense planned to use the insanity argument during his trial until his recent diagnosis of insanity. Tampa Judge Mark Kiser signed the decision.
The last time the insanity defense worked was in the case of Mikese Morse, a Tampa man who in 2018 intentionally struck and killed a father riding a bicycle with his two children, according to FOX 13.
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Anthony Kaptzan stabbed his parents to death during an argument at the time. His father Alex (left) was killed while his mother Ivette (right) survived the attack.
(FOX 13)
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At the time, the prosecution and defense doctors agreed that Morse did not know what was right and what was wrong when he killed the man.
Kaptzan, like Morse, will be committed to a state mental health facility for lifelong treatment.
