Disturbing new crime scene photos are alleged to show the moments after a 'cannibal' teenager murdered a couple at random before chewing on the face of one of his victims.
Images released by state prosecutors capture a bloodbath outside the home of John Stevens, 59, and Michelle Mishcon, 53, said to have been brutally killed by 19-year-old Austin Harrouff on August 15.
Police said Harrouff made "grunting and howling" noises as he bit off chunks of Stevens's face after stabbing the couple to death in their garage in Jupiter, Florida, in a crime that shocked the US.
The college student spent weeks in a coma after the alleged attack and is thought to have swallowed caustic chemicals he found in the garage.


Photos released by Martin County Attorney's Office this week show a handcuffed Harrouff covered in blood, his mouth open and his eyes almost shut.
In some of the pictures, what appears to be flesh and blood can be seen inside his mouth.
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Deputies have said they arrived at the couple's home to find the muscular former high school American football player and wrestler in his underwear, gnawing on Stevens's face as he pinned his victim's body to the driveway.
They did not shoot the teenager, described as "unusually strong" by police, for fear of hitting Stevens.
A stun gun failed to stop Harrouff and police were only able to subdue him when an officer arrived with a dog, which bit the teen.
Mishcon's body was soon found in the garage.
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According to court documents, Harrouff, who had no previous criminal record, told deputies: "Help me, I ate something bad."
When asked what he had eaten, he said "humans" as he spat out a chunk of flesh.
He is said to have begged deputies to kill him, telling them: "Shoot me now, I deserve to die."
Other photos released by prosecutors show a blood-stained knife and corkscrew, a pair of scissors and blood-soaked shoes.
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Harrouff was charged with two counts of first-degree murder last month and could face the death penalty if convicted.
Experts initially speculated that the teen, who walked three miles to the couple's house after abruptly walking out of a sports bar, may have ingested synthetic drugs such as flakka or bath salts, which have been linked to bizarre and uncontrollable behaviour.


But FBI toxicology tests found no evidence of hallucinogenic drugs in his system, reported the Palm Beach Post .
Harrouff's lawyer, Nellie King, said her client had been "struggling with severe mental illness", while the teen's father has suggested he may have been suffering from undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia.

Harrouff's family said he had been acting strangely in the weeks before the killings.
His mother told police hers on claimed to have superpowers and had been sent to help people, while his bed was moved to the garage because he thought there were demons in the house.
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Harrouff's father Wade told investigators they had gone for a walk on the day of the killings and came across two turtle shells, prompting his son to withdraw a knife and say that something bad was going to happen.
He convinced his son to put away the blade, later found near the bodies of Mishcon and Stevens.

Later in the evening the teenager ate dinner at a restaurant with his father and sister before the storming off and going to his mum’s house, where he attempted to down vegetable oil.
Harrouff's then returned to the restaurant but he walked out again about about 45 minutes before the stabbings.

He is thought to have walked miles to the victims' home, which was near his dad's house.
It is not clear how he encountered Stevens and Mishcon, but they were known to sit in their garage with the door open, watching TV.

Before he was charged, he gave a TV interview from his hospital bed in which he claimed to have "heard voices of monsters and stuff" and "had weird dreams that I was worshipped religiously".
Harrouff has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.
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