'Cannibal boy kills couple, eats victim's face’

Published On: November 24, 2016 05:38 PM NPT By: Agencies


FLORIDA, Nov 24: Shocking crime scene photos have been released by state prosecutors showing the moments after the Florida 'Cannibal frat boy' killer allegedly attacked a random couple and chewed on the dead man's face.

Austin Harrouff has been accused of murdering John Stevens, 59, and Michelle Mishcon, 53, at the couple's Jupiter, Florida home on August 15.

Dramatic pictures that were released by the prosecutor show the 19-year-old student handcuffed on the ground, being wheeled away by police and with his mouth open. In one picture, it appears as though something can be seen on his teeth.

The images were released along with court documents that went into detail about what happened on the night.

Other pictures taken at the scene show a bloody knife and pair of scissors, while items of clothing and blood are also visible on the ground. There were also images showing splatters inside the house and in the kitchen.

Another picture was taken in the garage when Mishcon's body was found. 

The photos were released after it was revealed in court documents that Harrouff spat a chunk of flesh out of his mouth when speaking to officers, and admitted it was 'human'.

Harrouff, who had no previous arrest record, told deputies, 'Help me, I ate something bad' and then admitted it was 'humans' as he spit out a piece of flesh, court documents show. He begged deputies to kill him after they pulled him off Stevens, according to the records.

He then pleaded with officers to kill him, saying: 'shoot me now, I deserve to die.'

Nellie King, Harrouff's attorney, said Wednesday that her client is mentally ill.

'The judicial process will bear all of this out in due time,' King said in a statement.

Harrouff has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges. He could face the death penalty if convicted.

Deputies had said when they arrived at the couple's home, they found the then-muscular former high school football player and wrestler in his underwear, making animal noises and biting Stevens' face as he pinned the man's body to the driveway.

According to court documents, one deputy ordered Harrouff off Stevens at gunpoint while another used an electric stun gun on him but he wouldn't let go. Snyder has said the deputies didn't shoot Harrouff because they feared hitting Stevens.

Finally, a deputy with a dog arrived and its bites enabled deputies to subdue Harrouff. Mishcon's body was found in the garage.

According to police reports released Wednesday, Harrouff's family and friends told detectives he had been acting strangely in the days and hours before the attack. 

His mother told police he claimed to have superpowers and having been sent to help people. His bed had been moved to the garage because he thought there were demons in the house. 

His sister, Haley, played for detectives an audiotape of Harrouff saying, 'All this pain and sorrow because I solve all problems people have' and 'I've become almost immortal, I have to die one day.' 

Haley Harrouff told detectives she had found her brother wandering the house one night saying he had the power to open locked doors.

A friend, Samuel Polacek, said Harrouff showed up at his door, asked him his birthdate and then left. He returned and they went to the beach. 

He said during the drive, Harrouff claimed to be half-animal, half-human.

Harrouff's father, Wade Harrouff, told investigators that they had gone for a walk the afternoon before the killings and came across two turtle shells. He said his son pulled out a knife and said something was going to happen. 

He said he convinced his son to put away the knife, which was later found near the victims. He said his son then sprinted off, but when he returned he said he was hungry so they drove to a nearby sports bar.

Wade Harrouff said that after they were seated, his son complained that the food was taking too long and left. Harrouff apparently walked to his mother's house nearby, where she said she found him about to drink cooking oil. 

She said she told him to stop. She said she soon found him eating a bowl of cooking oil mixed with cheese. After Wade Harrouff called her, she took her son back to the restaurant.

His father said when his son returned to the table, he grabbed his son by the shirt and told him to stop acting strangely. He said his son cocked his fist but didn't swing. Instead, he left.

Surveillance video from the restaurant shows him calmly walking out about 45 minutes before the stabbings. He apparently walked the four miles to the victims' home, which was near his father's house. 

It is unknown how the encounter started, but Stevens and Mishcon were known to sit in their garage with the door open, watching television and chatting with passers-by.

The crime reports detail a fierce attack, with blood found all over the couple's driveway and their bodies displaying major wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Harrouff's parents issued a statement days afterward expressing condolences to the Stevens family and apologies to neighbor Jeff Fisher, who was stabbed while trying to rescue the couple.

The court was also told on Wednesday the Florida college student had no detectable hallucinogenic drugs in his system, according an FBI toxicology report.

Harrouff had a trace amount of marijuana in his system, however he was not on flakka or bath salts. Martin County Sheriff William Snyder had previously speculated Harrouff may have been on those drugs.


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