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What really happened with the FLORIDA CANNIBAL?
I just heard about the florida cannibal thing. Does anyone know what really happened? I heard bath salts, LSD amd some virus. What are the official facts police have given. Or if anyone knows where i can read the whole story.
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- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Facts are important in order to make good judgments; therefore let’s briefly review the facts thus far:
Disclaimer: This is based on media journalism so no guarantees of any of this information being accurate.
Rudy Eugene: 31 year old male
Assault and battery arrest at 16 years of age; and 7 different adult arrests from 2004 to 2009; the most serious being trespassing and a marijuana related offense. (That’s it, no other arrests)
Friends, family, and devoted girlfriend of six years claims: Rudy was not a violent person; had minor bouts of depression and friends used the term “he was battling demons recently” to refer to his depression; smoked marijuana occasionally but quit recently; never did any hard drugs; worked at a car dealership washing cars; 2011 lost his home he owned to foreclosure; was religious and would often take his bible with him; was looking forward to starting his own business.
Ex-Wife: claimed in divorce papers several years ago; she left him because he was becoming increasingly violent toward her; but Rudy never arrested for violence against his ex-wife.
Subhash Kateel from Huffington Post claims police investigated Rudy for threats against his mother in 2004 but NO charges were filed. (I put Kateel in here because this is the first I heard of this claim).
Can anyone identify the “early warning signs” in Rudy’s life that would rise to the level to cause this kind of violence?? If not can anyone explain to me why so many are claiming Rudy was an evil person who devoured “bath salts” before the attack??
The ONLY person who mentioned “bath salts” was Armando Aguilar (The head of the Fraternal Order of Police Miami) who got on T.V. and ranted about “LSD like bath salts” implying they were responsible for Rudy acting the way he did. However it is important to note: Aguilar has nothing to do with the police investigation; doesn’t know Rudy; was not on the scene; has no knowledge of the case; does NOT have any evidence that ANY drugs are involved in this case, let alone “bath salts”; has NO toxicology report because Rudy’s body was still on the sidewalk when Aguilar deemed it important to get on T.V. and spew forth his version of events based on nothing more than guessing.
Now you have a news media (noted for their integrity and journalistic skill) reporting that LSD is to blame or “bath salts” are to blame; and some are reporting LSD and “bath salts” are to blame; all based on Aguilar’s implied theories. (And in fairness to Aguliar, he has good intentions, and the media is twisting much of what he actually said and taking some of his comments out of context.)
In light of all the available facts thus far; it would be prudent for everyone to slow down and at least wait for more information (like an autopsy report, which is forthcoming), before implying that Rudy was some kind of crazed worthless animal who loved to devour “bath salts” and other hard drugs in his free time.
It’s possible that Aguilar guessed right and bath salts may have contributed to this tragedy (we may know once the toxicology report comes back); but that doesn’t negate the fact that Aguilar and the media (big surprise there) acted irresponsibly in this matter.
It is quite possible Rudy Eugene may be a victim in this tragedy too.
- Prophet MotiveLv 59 years ago
It was not LSD. That's just ridiculous and I can't believe anybody is even still saying that, let alone as arrogantly as the first poster did.
The likeliest answer is some substance in the family of designer drugs loosely called "bath salts." Since this stuff is produced with absolutely no safety testing or purity standards, there is no way for users to know what they're ingesting until the effects hit them. A user wanting to repeat a pleasurable trip could buy the same product, take the exact same quantity, and consume it via the same method as before and have a completely different experience.
This is probably what happened to Eugene Rivers although since he didn't survive,
we'll never know for sure. No doubt Miami PD and Florida State Police are trying to
find the pusher but if the guy has half a brain, he's already flushed his merchandise and left the state. I'm just glad Rivers & Poppo were the only casualties....
- 9 years ago
There's some thing going around about bath salts having the same effect as PCP or something, though I don't know how true it is since I don't do drugs, that's what people are saying is the most likely cause.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Its not drugs. A naked black Guy was caught eating a guys face it took multiple shots to take him down. Here's some other similar cases in the same month.
May 16,2012- "According to a report by the huffington post,Students,and Teachers at a Florida High School had to be decontaminated after a "Mysterious" rash." May 21,2012- "According to a report by MySurburbanLife.com,A Man from Bellwood,Illinois,Was arrested after allegedly biting an 18 year old Woman's cheek." May 23,2012- "According to NBC San Diego,a man from Spring Valley,California was arrested for allegedly biting the tip off of his Cousins nose." May 24,2012-"According to Miami Herald,another mystery rash broke out at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School in Florida.Four students and a teacher in a science classroom had red rashes on their wrists.They were NOT working with chemicals." May 25,2012-"According to Fox News,A 24 year old Canadian man was arrested for rushing toward the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after the plane landed in Miami." May 26,2012-"According to ABC News,A Florida anesthesiologist allegedly banged his head against the inside of a cop car until he started bleeding following a DUI arrest last Saturday,the same day as the Miami Cannibal Attack.He then proceeded to allegedly spit blood in the officer's face." "According to Daytona Beach News-Journal,a man from Palm Coast,Florida,was arrested for allegedly biting the lips off one kitten and strangling another cat to death." May 27,2012-"According to the Daily Mail,a man from Hackensack,New Jersey,allegedly stabbed himself in front of the police then began to pull his own guts out,and proceeded to throw his INTESTINES at police officers."
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- Anonymous5 years ago
I was curious about this as well