The scene took place late Monday night in a neighborhood not far from the line with Palm Beach County and the city of Tequesta. Police responded to the home and found a man, later identified as 19-year-old Austin Harrouff., on top of a victim's body and using his teeth to bite and remove pieces of his face.
That victim, 59-year old John Joseph Stevens III, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police would later find the body of 53-year-old Michelle Karen Mishcon inside the garage. She is the daughter of the former mayor of North Miami Beach.
Martin County Sheriff's deputies were initially unsuccessful in getting Harrouff off of the victim with a stun gun and K-9 dog. Eventually, four deputies were able to pry him off and arrest him.
A neighbor who initially came to the home to try and help was also stabbed by the suspect and taken to a nearby hospital for surgery. He is expected to survive. Harrouff was also taken to a hospital for treatment after the incident.
He was reportedly a good student at FSU.
MCSO Sheriff William Snyder told reporters that a motive is not yet known, but has not ruled out the influence of a drug such as flakka. He would later say that the couple did not know Harrouff and that the Florida State University student gave a false name when first arrested, slowing the investigation.
'good student'? Maybe the phone battery went out and he couldn't play Pokeman Go! any longer? That could drive certain players insane, especially if they're 'good students' in today's PC campus life.