Baby, I don't know what kind of weed this brother was on, but I don't want that kind. The “Miami Zombie” who chewed off half the face of a
homeless drifter had pot in his system — but wasn’t high on bath salts when he
suddenly turned cannibal.
Toxicology tests on 31-year-old Rudy Eugene found traces of
marijuana but no evidence of the street drugs that have been blamed for
psychotic episodes elsewhere, the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner reported
Wednesday.
Tests done by an outside toxicology firm confirmed the ME’s
examination of Eugene, who was shot dead by cops after his bizzarre attack on
65-year-old Ronald Poppo.
“The laboratory has tested for but not detected any other
street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs, or any adulterants found in street
drugs,” the ME reported.
“This includes cocaine, LSD, amphetamines (Extasy, Meth and
others), phencyclidine (PCP or Angel Dust), heroin, oxycodone, Xanax, synthetic
marijuana (Spice), and many other similar compounds.”
A screen grab taken from Miami Herald video shows Eugene and Ronald Poppo’s bodies after the face-eating attack. That left investigators again scratching to find an
explanation for what made Eugene snap and attack Poppo on May 26.
Poppo, a homeless alcoholic who graduated from Manhattan's
prestigious Stuyvesant High School, was hanging out under an overpass on a busy
highway when Eugene — crazed and naked — suddenly attacked and began chewing on
his face.
Police arrived and opened fire at Eugene when he would not
stop - killing the maniac and apparently hitting Poppo as well. Revolted witnesses claimed Eugene swallowed several of the
pieces of flesh, but none were found in his stomach during the autopsy.
The horrific attack left Poppo blind, without a nose and one
eye — and turned him into the object of worldwide sympathy.
Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital have described Poppo as
“charming” and upbeat despite what happened. They said he has already weathered
several skin graft operations and will need many more.
“It’s one of the most devastating cases we have seen,” said his plastic surgeon, Dr. Wroodcq Kassira. “It is going to take many, many facial reconstruction surgeries but we are hoping for the best.”
Poppo, who has been homeless for decades, is estranged from his 44-year-old daughter Janice Poppo DiBello, who lives in New Jersey. No other members of the family he abandoned have visited either, hospital officials said.
Smoking weed do give a brother the munchies..
ReplyDelete#icant!
DeleteBelieve this if you want to. This is straight up VOODOO. Play with it. Leave them Haitians alone.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I'll say VOODOO but something about this does not sit right
ReplyDeleteWEED
I think that are blaming weed so when legalizing comes up they have evidence of reasons to squash the discussion
Conspiracy
I don't smoke weed but I have been in the company of many people who do. I have yet to have any of them get naked and try to eat my flesh. Something is really sounding strange about these "zombie" cases. Either its a new drug combo on the street ----something the police/doctor's haven't realized people are mixing, or maybe it is some voodoo/roots stuff. I know we don't like to believe the possibility /facts -- that it exists and its dangerous. People who practice this stuff are dangerous. Certain cultures bring the old ways of their people with them when they come here and they stay within their communities here and still practice things of this sort.
ReplyDeleteSad that a life had to be taken in this situation.
ReplyDeleteThought this would have been a case where the taser could have been put to use.