Once again I am placed in the uncomfortable position of having to break-up an out of control round of shenanigans in order to alert the general public about the latest in Rabid Pioneer Girl Zombies. Can't I leave this place for a few hours without having the lunatic fringe take over?
For the sake of public safety, I present the latest evidence that this is not an artificial epidemic, where a random Marilyn Manson groupie took some bad acid and thought that he would snack on the nearest homeless guy. No, we're dealing with genuine cannibalistic zombieism. (That's not a real word, but bear with me, I'm on a tear)
I present to you the proof...
Tests in cannibalism case: Zombie-like attacker used pot, not 'bath salts'
By
Michael Martinez, CNN
updated 9:24 PM EDT, Wed June 27, 2012
(CNN) -- The naked Florida man who chewed off the face of another man last month in a zombie-like cannibal attack used marijuana but not "bath salts" as police had suspected, authorities said Wednesday.
Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by a police officer after Eugene's 18-minute attack on a homeless man. His body didn't show "any other street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs, or any adulterants found in street drugs," according to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department.
"The department has also sought the assistance of an outside forensic toxicology reference laboratory, which has confirmed the absence of 'bath salts,' synthetic marijuana and LSD," the statement said.
A video of last month's incident shows Eugene coming across 65-year-old Ronald Poppo on a sidewalk along Miami's MacArthur Causeway, stripping clothes off him and eventually chewing on his face. Police said Poppo lost 75% of his face in the attack.
Armando Aguilar, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told
CNN affiliate WPLG last month that he suspected Eugene was under the influence of "bath salts," a drug that contains synthetic stimulants that can "cause chest pains, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions," according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse.
Eugene's mother said last month that her son was "a nice kid" who could have been subdued with a Taser rather than gunfire.
