A Haitian voodoo practitioner dressed as "Gede", a spirit of the voodoo, smokes during a ceremony at the national cemetery in Port-au-Prince November 1, 2010. Haitians celebrating All Hallows visit cemeteries to pay respects to the dead in a two-day national holiday that offers food, alcohol and flowers to Baron Samdi, the guardian of the dead in Voodoo.
Photograph by: EDUARDO MUNOZ , Reuter
The girlfriend of a U.S. man who savagely used his bare teeth to rip into another man's face in Florida said he must have been under the influence of drugs or voodoo magic, local media reported Thursday.
The naked assailant, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, was shot dead by police in Miami on Saturday after consuming almost the entire face of his victim, a 65-year-old homeless man.Eugene's girlfriend, who asked not to be identified, told the Miami Herald that the man who carried out the attack bore no resemblance to the gentle man she was dating, and surmised that Eugene might have unwittingly been under the influence of drugs.
"The only other explanation was supernatural - that someone put a voodoo curse on him," the woman told the daily of Eugene, who is of Haitian descent.
"I don't know how else to explain this," she said. "He was a believer of God."
Eugene's mother, Ruth Charles, also subscribed to the theory that her son was under the influence of powerful drugs.
"Everybody says that he was a zombie, but I know he's not a zombie; he's my son. I don't know what they injected in him to turn him into the person who did what he did," she said.
News reports said the victim, identified as Ronald Poppo, remained hospitalized in serious condition.
Saturday's bloody spectacle unfolded near Miami's busy MacArthur Causeway, a low-slung bridge from the downtown area to nearby beaches.
Police ordered Eugene to stop his assault, and then fatally shot him when he continued to devour the face of his victim.
Poppo reportedly lost 75 percent of his face in the attack, including his eyes, nose, cheeks and mouth.
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Ronald Poppo, left, was the victim of a horrific cannibal attack at the hands of Rudy Eugene, Miami police said Tuesday.
Photograph by: Supplied photo, Miami-Dade Police Dept , The Ottawa Citizen
The nude assailant who almost killed another man over the weekend by biting his face off was identified Tuesday by Miami police, who said they are still in the dark about what provoked the bizarre and savage attack.
The aggressor, Rudy Eugene, 31, was shot dead by police who said he had devoured almost the entire face of his victim.
The unidentified homeless man, who also was naked during the attack, remains hospitalized and fighting for his life.
"We are expecting a report from our detectives to give more details to the media. We are also looking for more witnesses to this crime," a Miami police spokesman said. "The victim remains in critical condition."
The bloody spectacle unfolded mid-afternoon on Saturday, when police were alerted by the public as the attack was being carried out near Miami's MacArthur Causeway.
Police ordered Eugene to stop the assault, then fatally shot him when he continued to gnaw at the face of his victim.
Police initially said the attack could have been provoked by an overdose of a powerful new form of LSD, along with "cocaine psychosis."
Reports however Tuesday suggested Eugene was likely under the influence of the synthetic stimulant "bath salts" made with the active agent mephedrone, which produces an often aggressive, chaotic experience for users, coupled with intense hallucinations.
Authorities hope that the victim, if he survives, could help explain what precipitated the grisly attack.
The aggressor, Rudy Eugene, 31, was shot dead by police who said he had devoured almost the entire face of his victim.
The unidentified homeless man, who also was naked during the attack, remains hospitalized and fighting for his life.
"We are expecting a report from our detectives to give more details to the media. We are also looking for more witnesses to this crime," a Miami police spokesman said. "The victim remains in critical condition."
The bloody spectacle unfolded mid-afternoon on Saturday, when police were alerted by the public as the attack was being carried out near Miami's MacArthur Causeway.
Police ordered Eugene to stop the assault, then fatally shot him when he continued to gnaw at the face of his victim.
Police initially said the attack could have been provoked by an overdose of a powerful new form of LSD, along with "cocaine psychosis."
Reports however Tuesday suggested Eugene was likely under the influence of the synthetic stimulant "bath salts" made with the active agent mephedrone, which produces an often aggressive, chaotic experience for users, coupled with intense hallucinations.
Authorities hope that the victim, if he survives, could help explain what precipitated the grisly attack.
Read more: http://www.windsorstar.com/news/face+identified/6699327/story.html#ixzz1wTwxhhUC
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