FL Teen Accused of Murder and Face-Biting: Not on Flakka (Bath Salts) says FBI

Florida State University student, Austin Harrouff (of Palm Beach Gardens, FL) made international headlines on August 15th when police officers arrived at the scene of a brutal double murder. Harrouff was found biting the face and abdomen of one of the victims he is accused of murdering,   John Stevens, 59, and his wife, Michelle Mishcon, 53 of Tequesta, FL. Harrouff was also accused of stabbing a bystander, Jeff Fisher, who tried to intervene.

The FBI test found alcohol and trace levels of THC in his system. Understandably, several people assumed that Harrouff was under the influence of flakka, the dangerous synthetic designer drug that is responsible for several overdoses and bizarre incidents across South Florida. However, there is no explanation for Harrouff's sudden crazed behavior. The Miami Herald reported that he left a family dinner at the sports bar Duffy's in Jupiter, FL to walk roughly three miles before he allegedly killed his family's neighbors.