WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Gainesville man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2009 strangulation death of his nephew in Waco was recommitted to a state mental hospital Tuesday.

Judge Thomas West of Waco’s 19th State District Court ordered Alfred Kilinus Cornelius, 36, to remain at Big Spring State Hospital after reviewing recommendations from hospital officials that Cornelius needs further treatment for his mental disorders.

Cornelius, who has been diagnosed with severe psychotic bipolar disorder, polysubstance dependence and antisocial personality disorder, was charged with capital murder in the August 2009 asphyxiation death of his 15-month-old nephew, Kamari Jae Edwards, at the former Villages Apartments at 1100 N. Sixth St. in Waco.

Cornelius admitted strangling the boy and t

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