This case deserves more attention, IMHO. We need to let our young people know what can happen from some of these drugs that are being peddled on the streets.
Classmates from Naples, Orlando to Miami cannot get over this, Forte said. Theres been an overwhelming response. We are going to do our part as his friends to not let him go down like this. The Rudy we know was a nice gentleman with a warm smile and funny. Hes not like that at all.
Eugene must have been on some kind of drug that made him take a fast downward spiral, she said."
Who in their right mind DECIDES to take meth, and now... you can add bath salts (allegedly) to the list of drugs that make you act completely insane!!!! Why do people take these drugs? I understand COMPLETELY the need to escape what your current reality is, but these people are escaping into a living He!!. Just horrifying.... I can't help but look at the face of the perp in this case and feel bad for him. I can't help but want to hug the victim.... he was 65 yeas old!!! He had lived on the streets a long time, and never encountered anything like this. I think there is a lesson to be learned here somewhere - just not completely sure what it is.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/29/2822699/victim-in-ghoulish-flesh-eating.html
I wish people would just stick to alcohol.... at least when you are intoxicated from booze, you are usually a bumbling buffoon and can be controlled. Good grief - I won't forget this case for a very, very, long time. Probably forever.
Funny how his former classmates are saying he was such "a nice gentleman with a warm smile and funny" when the record indicates he was a violent and disturbed man.
This case deserves more attention, IMHO. We need to let our young people know what can happen from some of these drugs that are being peddled on the streets.
Some articles are hinting that this guy had problems for a while, he acted disoriented, he didn't understand police commands years ago when he assaulted his mother, he had to be tazed multiple times etc... His ex wife was afraid of him. Was he high during those incidents as well?
At this point he police better HOPE hard core narcotics played a part. If it turns out drugs were NOT responsible then the kids will think "See it wasn't the the bath salts, those stories are all lies".
That is a really scary thought to me - crazy people walking among us that are unrecognized as crazy, and ignored by society. I prefer the horrible drug tragedy to the sick and ignored by society tragedy. Sad, sad, sad, either way you view it.
OMG!! That's insane! Horrible! Reminds me of the Canadian bus incident where the man beheaded another bus passenger and started eating his brain. UGH! I pray that the poor man who was attacked will survive!
Eugene appeared to twirl as a bicyclist zoomed by. For about two minutes, Eugene bent over a second figure in the shade, though the images are obscured by a rustling palm frond.
I can't look at the photos or watch the video (although I did see the photo that MSM posted). Are there any photos of Mr. Poppo BEFORE this happened?
Thank you for posting that. If he pulls through there's so much modern medicine can do to repair his face physically.