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Face-biter said he fled demon-like figure before killings
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A Florida college student accused of randomly killing a couple in their garage and chewing on the dead man’s face told television psychologist Phil McGraw he was fleeing a demon-like figure named Daniel and only had a vague recollection of the slayings.
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McGraw asked about "the devil talking to you," and Harrouff went on to describe a "dark figure" he called Daniel.
"I got scared out of my mind,"
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he stripped off most of his clothes as he tried to run away from Daniel. McGraw asked what he was thinking.
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"I just need to find someone to help me, to figure out where I am," said Harrouff
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He said he doesn’t remember how he came face-to-face with Mishcon in the couple’s garage. He said she screamed, and "then it’s a blur."
"I don’t remember what she said — I just remember being yelled at," Harrouff said. He said he grabbed a machete he found in their garage, but doesn’t remember why he killed her and her husband.
"It’s like it happened but I wasn’t aware of it at the time," Harrouff said, crying. "I don’t know, I don’t know. If I knew, I would tell you."
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Harrouff said he drank something he found in the garage after the attack. He refused to say what it was, but it severely burned his esophagus. He denied ever using steroids or hallucinogenic drugs such as flakka or bath salts. None showed up in his blood tests.
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Harrouff’s family has said he had been acting strange for weeks before the attack.
His mother, Mina Harrouff, told police he claimed to have superpowers and that he had been sent to help people. She said his bed had been moved to the garage because he thought there were demons in the house, and that a few hours before the attack, she stopped him from drinking cooking oil from the bottle, only to find him eating a bowl of cooking oil and cheese.
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