Authorities said the FSU student, who was in town visiting his family, stabbed the couple inside their garage after leaving a Duffy’s restaurant in Jupiter, where he had an argument with his father.
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Police are hoping tests for substances in Harrouff’s system help explain his freaky and extremely violent behaviour. But the video, just six seconds long, shows Harrouff walking normally past other diners and a waiter carrying food as he heads toward the door.
Mina Harrouff described what her son was wearing as white shorts, a blue polo shirt and a red “Make America Great Again” hat from the Trump 2016 campaign.
Once he is released, deputies say he will be arrested on various charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, burglary and resisting an officer without violence.
After a horrific attack in Florida, the family of the suspect is offering its condolences.
“The Harrouff family expresses their deepest sympathy for the pain and suffering caused by Austin Harrouff”, the statement released Friday said.
They said they love their son “and know he is not the person some are making him out to be”.
Michelle Mishcon and John Stevens III were killed outside their home on Monday night..
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released surveillance video of a Florida State University student accused of killing two people at their home and then biting the face of one of the victims. He also attacked a neighbor who tried to intervene in the attack, stabbing him several times. Snyder suggested earlier in the week that he’s in no hurry to make the charges official, since the man’s family or insurance must pay his hospital bills until he’s formally charged.
Attorney Robert Watson, who said he’s representing Harrouff, told TC Palm that the student’s parents saw “indications of odd and unusual behavior” in him recently, but he declined to elaborate on possible mental health issues.
Stevens’ son John Stevens IV tells the Sun Sentinel he wants prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
Investigators “know the who, the what, the when, the where and the how” of the attack, but the why remains a mystery, according to Martin County Sheriff William Snyder.
Harrouff is now hospitalized under heavy sedation, according to CBS 12 News.
He tested negative for street drugs.
He said: “I just think that this kid had a steroids dependency and had a bad, bad roid rage that night”.
The American teenager accused of murdering a couple and attempting to bite the man’s face posted a series of weird videos just days before the killings.
A memorial for Mishcon Stevens and her husband will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale.
Stevens’ daughter said she is deeply troubled by what happened.
A good Samaritan, Jeff Fisher, was also stabbed multiple times while trying to stop the attack.
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Friday Austin Harrouff is expected to be charged with first-degree murder, meaning he’ll face capital punishment or life without parole.
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Harrouff hasn’t been charged.
