At the scene, a bloody knife and a pair of scissors were found, according to crime-scene photos. "But I don't know if that's ever going to happen.". The just-released 11 pages of findings in the evaluation reveal bizarre, frightening, and dark delusions. Family of the victims expressed their anger with the judicial system in the courtroom. Harrouff can only be released on a court order, he said. "He also remembers seeing a man and 'he was like glowing white'. Catch up on old episodes of Episode 149 - Stranger In The Night - The Case Of John Stevens & Michelle Mishcon. A Florida frat boy who murdered a married couple and chewed the face of one victim could be free in as few as six months after being deemed not guilty by reason of insanity this week. "Really, the anger should be at the law.". tells The Palm Beach Post his son remains in the hospital and his organs are failing. Melissa E. Holsman is the legal affairs reporter for TCPalm and Treasure Coast Newspapers, and is writer and co-host of Uncertain Terms, a true crime podcast. Frat boy Austin Harrouff stands accused of brutally murdering John Stevens, 59, and Michelle Mishcon, 53, at their home Jupiter, Florida, on August 15 this year. Two other mental health experts have been consulted since, with neuropsychologist Michael Gamache contradicting the other findings. Back in 2016, Austin Harrouff killed a couple and was discovered by the police chewing the man's face at the scene of the crime. I hope you never find happiness for the rest of your life, she said. Feb. 28, 2017: The 19th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office released 22 minutes of unedited video of Austin Harrouff's interview with Dr. Phil McGraw after weeks of court hearings battling over its release. Where was the advocate then?. Harrouff reportedly told officers: "Help me, I ate something bad.". An article on Palmbeach revealed he was at the age of 19 in 2016. We thought it was going to trial all the way until last week, and then they told us he was getting a deal. The then 19-year-old was found by police at the scene of the crime on top of the man John Stevens, 59, chewing his face. He also remembers seeing a man and 'like he was glowing white.'". He killed two people, and no trial. White also said because of the current definition of "voluntary intoxication," Gamache's conclusion that Harrouff was experiencing psychosis from withdrawals would only go to support insanity, not voluntary intoxication. Two psychologists one hired by the defense and one for the state have concluded that on Aug. 15, 2016, Harrouff was suffering an acute psychotic episode when he attacked and killed Mishcon and Stevens III during a vicious, unprovoked attack. Michelle Mishcons sisters said prosecutors told them Austin Harrouff could get out of a mental rehabilitation hospital in a matter of months after Mondays controversial plea deal was announced on the same day his trial was supposed to start. Harrouff purchased hallucinogenic mushrooms a few days before the attack, investigators have said, but they found no traces of the drug in his blood that night, according to CNN affiliate WPLG. Harrouff has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon for the deaths of Mishcon and Stevens; one charge of burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery while armed for breaking into their garage; and one charge of attempted first-degree murder with a weapon for attacking and injuring the couple's neighbor, Jeffrey Fisher. They said he tried to test his powers and said things like, "I've become like almost immortal.". John Stevens IV told The Post he doesn't believe Austin Harrouff's crocodile tears in the Dr. Police have told how when they arrived at the tragic couples home, they found the accused sitting in his underwear making animal noises and biting Mr Stevens face. Now prosecutors have released startling images which show the 19-year-old student being handcuffed and taken away by police and with his mouth agape, The Sun reports. Former Florida State University fraternity member Austin Harrouff,. With his mouth, he attempted to bite into the muscle of a man's face. Frat boy and American football player Austin Harrouff was born on December 21, 1996. If you are a subscriber, thank you. While attending Florida State University, Harrouff attacked and killed a couple in their garage, during which he claims to have blacked out. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, South Florida Sports Headlines Newsletter. The parents of a five-week-old baby mauled by two rottweilers have spoken for the first time since their little girls life was taken. Harrouff reportedly told officers: "Help me, I ate something bad.". Austin Harrouff, the 25-year-old accused of stabbing a Florida couple to death and biting the face of the male victim in 2016, will be sent to a mental hospital instead of prison, according to court documents. "Mr. Harrouff reports that he saw a figure which he perceived as having a white face and black clothes that frightened him. I don't know how to put it into words.". he said he ate something bad. The then 19-year-old was found by police at the scene of the crime on top of the man John Stevens, 59, chewing his face. In the documents, Harrouff describes episodes of depression. Defense lawyers signaled shortly after Harrouffs arrest they would seek an acquittal by reason of insanity. Austin Harrouff The families of John Stevens III and Michelle Mishcon voiced disgust and anger on Monday, as a judge accepted the insanity plea from defendant Austin Harrouff, 25. After being removed from the body, Harrouff was taken to hospital for two months, suffering from a burned oesophagus. Prior to his alleged attack, Harrouff walked out of a restaurant, where . After being removed from the body, Harrouff was taken to hospital for two months, suffering from a burned oesophagus. It does not seem like anyone cares that Michelle and John are dead. Thank you, she said, sardonically. Authorities say he attempted to eat the man's face and then and attacked a neighbor who tried to save them. On top of that, they sometimes even took his parents to task. A full report detailing the days before the attack was released and says that Harrouff felt "as if God was talking to him" and "dog spirits were part of him". Dec. 5, 2017: Austin Harrouff's attorneys, Robert Watson and Nellie King, file a notice of intent to use the insanity defense during his first-degree murder trial. "I look at my daughter every day (and think) how much joy he would have gotten out of knowing her. ("Austin) must have some psychological break. Court documents: Murder suspect Austin Harrouff tells Martin deputies he 'ate humans'. In the other court documents, more details emerge: In the hours before the attacks, friends and family said Austin Harrouff had been acting strangely. A judge accepted a "face biter" murder defendant's insanity plea the morning his bench trial was scheduled to start. Discovery Company. But that doctor suffered a recent health setback that made him unavailable to testify at trial, White said. In the hours and days after the fatal attacks, law-enforcement officers said they believed a reaction to a designer drug such as bath salts or flakka prompted the attacks. The Jupiter resident who was then 19 and attending Florida State University was found biting and chewing on Stevens' face in the driveway of the couples home on Southeast Kokomo Lanein Martin County. Two psychologists concluded Harrouff was not sane at the time of the crime. Harrouff reportedly told deputies, Help me, I ate something bad, admitting it was humans. It was then he spat out the piece of flesh, court documents show. A 38-page report by forensic psychologist Dr. Phillip Resnick says Austin Harrouff believed he was "half-dog, half-man". Now prosecutors have released startling images which show the 19-year-old student being handcuffed and taken away by police and with his mouth agape, The Sun reports. June 2017: The State Attorney's Office in Martin County releases Austin Harrouff's jail calls. "Shoot me now, I deserve . However, Austin, according to the Daily Mail, was under the influence at the time. Dr Landrum's findings said: "He recalls having a machete in his hand and stabbing her 'and it was like she was covered in darkness'. Not the defense, the county, the state. State witness Gamache did not believe that Harrouff met the legal standard of insanity during the crime. There's absolutely no reason why this case should have taken this long so far.. June 17, 2019: Bauer denies Austin Harrouff's defense attorneys' motion to find Florida's insanity defense law unconstitutional. I didnt know you could brutally murder two people, attempt to murder another and not even have a trial. Back in 2016, Austin Harrouff killed a couple and was discovered by the police chewing the man's face at the scene of the crime. In a relatively short but visceral statement, she acknowledged that like the defendant, she previously abused drugs and alcohol, But Hailey said that during this low point, the only person she wanted to harm was herself. But he's not here," Stevens said of his father. STUART A judge Monday ruled that accused killer Austin Harrouff is not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2016 murders of a Tequesta couple at their home on Southeast Kokomo Lane in southern. HORRIFIC photos show the crime scene after a teenager allegedly killed a couple and chewed the mans face. In papers filed Monday, defense lawyers asked that Gamache be held in contempt of court for failing to provide records requested by the defense during a Jan. 25 deposition conducted via Zoom. March 5, 2020 / 5:40 PM Assistant State Attorney Brandon White in court Tuesday said after the Jan. 25 deposition, Gamache sent to the state 45 gigabytes of materials on a flash drive but it was lost in shipping and once it arrives, will be shared with the defense. Reached Tuesday, Stevens IIIs son, John Stevens, who lives in Kansas, said he hadnt been told that Harrouff was no longer at the Martin County Jail. First published on March 5, 2020 / 5:40 PM. Austin Harrouff attempted to eat Steven's face after murdering the couple. Frat boy and American football player Austin Harrouff was born on December 21, 1996. MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A forensic psychological evaluation report reveals disturbing insight into the mental state of the man accused of the horrific double murder of a Florida couple. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Judge Sherwood Bauer. The now 25-year-old former-frat boy is still awaiting trial as his lawyers have claimed he is mentally ill and the FBI found no evidence of illicit drugs in his system, other than THC. Harrouff had no drugs in his system during the attack, except THC but the evaluation revealed a history of drug use, mostly Adderall and Vyvanse, but also mushrooms and cocaine. Ivy Stevens, who is Johns daughter and Michelles stepdaughter, described in detail the absence and trauma Harrouff created. He could face the death penalty if convicted. Austin Harrouff, now 25, was born in Palm Beach Gardens and grew up in northern Palm Beach County. Austin Harrouff, now 22, of Jupiter, is set to go on trial in November on a number of charges, including first-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. After Austin Harrouff was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the attack and killing of a Martin County couple, a friend of the victims said the agreement by defense and prosecution was "shocking" and "disappointing." Harrouff, now 25, randomly attacked and killed John Stevens, 59, and his wife, Michelle Mishcon Stevens, 53, in 2016. On Jan. 26, Harrouff, 26, began a new period of civil confinement at Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee about 40 miles northwest of Tallahassee near the Georgia border after being delivered from the Martin County Jail to the sprawling complex that maintains 469 beds in two different maximum-security forensic units, according to sheriff's spokesperson Christine Christofek. Authorities said Austin Harrouff, not only killed a Tequesta couple but bit the face of one of the victims. This case was always about mental illness, she said. The prosecutors in this case just didnt have what it took to handle it.. Austin is an accused murderer and his case has puzzled many. White wants to see if a "guilty but insane" conviction could still allow someone to be deemed insane at the time of the commission of a crime, but still be given a prison sentence. The doctor ultimately recommended that Harrouff be involuntarily admitted to a mental hospital, if the court does rule him legally insane. Florida currently doesn't have many options for convicting people considered insane. On Monday, victim impact statements were read in the courtroom, a court manager told CNN. Right now, Harrouff is on medication and being treated for schizophrenia at the Martin County Jail. Mishcon read numerous bizarre conversations Harrouff had via text message leading up to the killings, directing them at Harrouff in court, WPLG reported. Generally speaking, loved ones criticized not only Harrouff but sometimes even prosecutors. It is in that garage and their driveway that Harrouff killed the couple. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. In backhanded fashion, he expressed willingness to forgive Harrouff if the 25-year-old did to himself what he did to Michelle. When the officers shouted at Harrouff to get off Stevens, he growled like a dog and had to be physically removed. Wade Harrouff appears on Dr. Phil McGraw's TV show. which led to more court hearings fighting over the release of all footage, The State Attorney's Office in Martin County releases Austin Harrouff's jail calls. a toxicology report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation says no designer drugs were found in Austin Harrouff's system. Harrouff details on his birthday are not revealed yet. DCF officials didnt immediately provide answers to questions regarding Harrouffs treatment or how long he could be involuntarily committed. The former Florida State University student, then 19, was found biting and chewing on Stevens III's face in the man's driveway. If we need to be the punching bag, thats fine, he told Law&Crime on the phone. "Right now, we have not guilty by reason of insanity, which, for all intensive and purposes, it gets the defendant off completely," White said. I didnt know that.. This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been republished here with permission. They told us that hell now go to some sort of mental hospital, but its not a place where people are held for long, Cindy Mishcon told The Post. ", He said he would see hallucinations of "demonic things" and could also hear God's voice. And if you ever have the courage to do something, your bravest act would be to kill yourself, and everyone would be better off because of it., I hope you never find happiness. The two victims of Harrouff's crime, John Stevens and his wife Michelle Mishcon, 53, died on August 15, 2016. He will be back home in a matter of months, not years, most likely.. When asked what it was, he replied, Humans., leaves dinner with his father, Wade Harrouff, his sister and his father's girlfriend at a Duffy's Sports Grill in Jupiter and goes to his mother's home, Friends and family later tell The Post that John Stevens III and Michelle Mishcon, deputies say the former Florida State University student even told deputies to just kill me.. 0:00. 00:04 00:30 A cannibalistic double-murderer from Florida could end up walking the streets again without ever going to trial. Here are five things to know about the case. Specifically, state-hired psychologist Gregory Landrum, who administered a five-hour exam, concluded in a 2020 report that Harrouff was experiencing a decompensated mental state associated with an emerging mood and/or thought disorder resulting in an acute psychiatric episode., Landrums findings appear to confirm a 2019 defense report issued by Dr. Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist at the University Hospitals of Cleveland in Ohio, who concluded "with reasonable medical certainty that Austin Harrouff, as a result of a severe mental disease, did not know that his conduct was wrong.. If not,become a subscriber to get the latest local news on the Treasure Coast. Harrouff had a known and documented drug habit, but toxicology tests did not pick up on any drugs in his system at the time of the crime. Judge Bauer in court defended the Harrouffs team, prosecutors, and the expert witnesses from criticism voiced in court. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. I had special abilities.". He lived with his mother and younger sister from the age of 13, when his parents divorced but remained in contact with his father and would visit him regularly. He also believed he was half dog, half-person. We would have had our hands tied behind our back, he said, asserting that he rued the final outcome of the case and hopes to have certain laws changed surrounding insanity defenses. White said he wants to look at two specific laws in light of the verdict. Austin, now 25, is a former student at Florida State University. Harrouff, now 22, was living with bipolar disorder and acute manic episodes with psychotic features, according to psychologist Dr. Phillip Resnick. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. appreciated. "I'm going to try to make this a positive change, to try to find something positive out of something so horrific," White said. Deputies said Harrouff was walking to his father's home in the neighborhood when he targeted Stevens III and Mishcon. Aug. 7, 2018 Michelle Mischon's family files a wrongful-death lawsuit against Austin Harrouff. In Florida, White said only a "not guilty by reason of insanity" conviction is handed down. This should have gone to trial, said Jodi Bruce, another sister of Mishcon. The now 25-year-old former-frat boy is still awaiting trial as his lawyers have claimed he is mentally ill and the FBI found no evidence of illicit drugs in his system, other than THC. Ms Mishcons body was then found. During Harrouff's hearing in November, Bauer heard from sometimes angry and frustrated family members of Stevens and Mishcon, who questioned his insanity defense, lashed out at Harrouffs parents, and criticized the state for the protracted prosecution that never went to trial. 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