New pictures show the progress made by a man who was horribly mutilated in an unprovoked cannibal attack. Warning: Graphic images. New pictures and a video of a homeless man whose face was almost chewed off in a horrifying attack in Miami last year have been released.
Ronald Poppo lost his left eye, his nose and most of the surrounding skin when a naked man attacked him for no reason alongside a motorway. He was also left blind in his remaining eye. In a video posted online by the hospital caring for him, Mr Poppo strummed a guitar, joked with his nurses and, although he wears a baseball cap, leaves his face uncovered to address the camera. I thank the outpouring of people contributing, I'll always be grateful for that," he said in the brief video.
Mr Poppo spent nearly a month in hospital after the attack, before moving to a long-term care facility. His doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine praised Mr Poppo for his resilience and said he is satisfied with the surgeries and skin grafts that have closed his wounds. Mr Poppo could still use his own tissues or prosthetics to replace his nose or eye, but he is not interested in more facial reconstruction, doctors said. Baby in bin: Alexis Avila pleads not guilty to child abuse and attempted murder after newborn found in waste container in New Mexico.
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Dr Wrood Kassira, a plastic surgeon, said: "There's still work that can be done, but he's more than happy with how he is now, and he's quite grateful. It is still not clear what provoked the attack. Poppo was homeless and lived near the area where the attack occurred. Poppo tries to fight back as Eugene tries to take off his clothes. As the assault begins, the surveillance video shows a few passerbys beginning to notice what is going on.
Police say they received at least five calls from witnesses. When a police officer, who has been described as traumatized by the incident, arrives on scene, he is seemingly casually getting out of his patrol car until he notices what is going on. The officer almost immediately draws his gun. The cop ordered Eugene to stop the attack, but Eugene ignored his command and even growled back at the officer. It's unclear when the officer fired because the video is obstructed by a metro commuter train line, but it eventually took four bullets to make Eugene stop his brutal assault.
It's still unclear what triggered the violent attack. Police and many in the medical community believe that drugs, in particular "bath salts," may have played a role.
But police have found no evidence of drugs at the scene, and toxicology results will take several weeks to come back in. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories.
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