Days before 19-year-old Florida State University student Austin Harrouff is believed to have stabbed a married couple to death and then then tried to eat the husband’s face, he recorded a freakish video of himself in which he discusses bodybuilding. The additional testing that will sample Harrouff’s blood, hair and DNA to determine what drugs, if any, he may have been on.
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“It’s just beyond me why that would happen”, Maddox said.
Dr. Laurence Miller, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist said, “When someone says I’m psycho, a lot of times what they’re trying to do is build up their sense of dangerousness, and unpredictability”. Being healthy is what’s natural, you know.
“I used to think I needed steroids to be a bodybuilder, to be this thing, to be this symbol, to be this lie”.
A short time later, Michelle Mishcon, 53, and John Stevens III, 59, were attacked outside their home.
William Snyder, the Martin County Sherriff, said a female police officer arrived at the scene to find the suspect on top of 59-year-old John Stevens, topless and biting his face.
A deputy who arrived to investigate found Harrouff biting off the face of one of the victims. Adding that it took multiple officers and dogs to subdue him.
Harrouff is also being charged for stabbing Jeff Fisher, a neighbor who tried to intervene during the attack.
Fisher was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Sheriff Snyder said that Harrouff was transported to a local hospital where he was “making animal-like sounds”.
Martin County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trisha Kukuvka said Harrouff is conscious, but heavily sedated.
Ivy Stevens, John Stevens’ daughter, said she has heard about the videos in which Harrouff discusses steroids.
“I’m not saying steroids are bad”, he said to the camera while driving his auto.
“They were both just the nicest people you ever want to meet”, McNamara said. “Stay at it, man. Stay at it”.
Harrouff’s mother, Mina, said her son acted strangely days before the attack, according to a police report obtained by the Associated Press Wednesday. Harrouff’s parents are divorced, and neighbours of the home where Harrouff was living with his father, dentist Wade Harrouff, this summer say he seemed aggressive and rowdy.
When asked whether her son was a heavy-drug user, Mina Harrouff said, “No”, the report said.
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The test – which typically takes one to three weeks to complete – will give a more in-depth result of what chemicals were in Harrouff’s system beyond typical street drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin, the sheriff’s office said.
