# MediDopers/CrimeDopers: Explain what happened with the Florida face-eater? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548 "2012-05-30T14:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/1 "2012-05-30T14:44:59Z")
A Florida man was recently shot dead by police whilst attempting to eat another man’s face. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819885/investigation-continues-into.html](http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/27/2819885/investigation-continues-into.html) That’s, well. Pretty messed up. Speculation in the linked article is that this may have been induced by a drug psychosis. I was just wondering if the medical or law-enforcement sorts on the Dope had ever seen anything similar. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/2 "2012-05-30T16:13:08Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > That’s, well. Pretty messed up. Speculation in the linked article is that this may have been induced by a drug psychosis. I was just wondering if the medical or law-enforcement sorts on the Dope had ever seen anything similar. Thoughts? Or could have been a plain psychosis with no drugs. Schizophrenia is pretty messed up, so are a lot of other dissociative disorders. The area it happened in was a hang out for homeless people many of which have mental health issues as well as substance abuse issues. I’m guessing they would release a toxicology report on the face-eater at some point as this case got a lot of media. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/3 "2012-05-30T16:25:29Z")
Never seen anything like it in the ER, but have heard of pathologies and drugs that could cause it. I’d really like to see the autopsy report. God, I hope the cops put one in his head. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/4 "2012-05-30T16:34:16Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Never seen anything like it in the ER, but have heard of pathologies and drugs that could cause it. I’d really like to see the autopsy report. > God, I hope the cops put one in his head. If they didn’t, wouldn’t the autopsy process destroy the brain? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/5 "2012-05-30T16:41:06Z")
Could have been simple exhaustion and dehydration. Isn’t that what the Kony creator guy, Martin Lawrence, et al have claimed? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/6 "2012-05-30T17:17:27Z")
Also in recent news is the trial about what happened about a year ago: > [@](#): > > A mixed martial artist accused of ripping out his friend’s still-beating heart and removing the man’s tongue and skin while he was alive is competent to stand trial on murder, mayhem and torture charges, a Northern California judge has ruled. > > \ > > According to witnesses, the two had ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms and believed they were part of a struggle between God and the devil. > **[California fighter to stand trial in torture slaying](https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/7964479/jarrod-wyatt-stand-trial-slaying-taylor-powell)** > > A mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's still-beating heart and removing the man's tongue and skin while he was alive is competent to stand trial on murder, mayhem and torture charges, a Northern California judge has ruled. Also pretty messed up, maybe more so. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medidopers-crimedopers-explain-what-happened-with-the-florida-face-eater/623548/7 "2012-05-30T17:19:12Z")
Another Florida man-biter was killed in April: [Delgado](http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Police-Investigate-After-Naked-Man-Shot-With-Stun-Gun-Dies-147758165.html).