“He’s actually nice, which is why this is so shocking to everyone. not the type of person you would expect this from. Overall his life seemed healthy and on the right track”.
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But there were also signs of trouble for the 19-year-old student. “I’ve lost my mind help me find it”. When asked if he knew the man, he replied, “I have no idea”.
Harrouff lived with his mother several miles away from the scene of the attack in Tequesta, authorities said.
Harrouff is now under sedation at a nearby hospital and is listed to be in a “deteriorating condition”. While walking home, he passed John Joseph Stevens III, 59, and his wife, Michelle Stevens, 53. Moments later, John and Michelle Stevens were viciously stabbed, and Harrouff was found biting off chucks of flesh from the face of the deceased husband.
On Tuesday morning, the country awoke to the horrific news that a middle-aged Florida couple had been found brutally murdered by a suspect – a young man initially who appeared to be in his early 20s – who was found gnawing on the face of the male victim when police arrived. A neighbor who tried to intervene and rescue them was stabbed in the attack, but managed to call the emergency hotline and is now recovering in a hospital. However, the suspect tested negative for use of cocaine, methamphetamines, marijuana and opioid. Harrouff’s blood, DNA and hair have been sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for further testing, for substances including the synthetic drug Flakka. She said they would drive around the neighborhood in their golf cart with the dog sitting with them.
“He’s recovering. He’s got multiple stable wounds in the left side of his head and in his back”, his father Steve Fisher said.
Mina says her son got into an argument and stormed off from the restaurant at around 8:30 that night.
She said her son had been “acting strange” in the last week or so and “would say things like he had super powers, he was here to protect people and other such odd remarks”, according to the report. She told police her son had no history of mental illness or drug use, according to the report.
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That gentle portrait clashes violently with what happened Monday night. Sheriff William Snyder had said Tuesday night that Harrouff’s condition had deteriorated and he had been in danger of dying. Both were stabbed multiple times and sustained “massive trauma” to their bodies. More deputies and a K-9 unit were called and eventually overpowered him. He wrote that he was “one of the strongest” on the school’s football team, where he played offence and defence. He belonged to the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity.
