TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) - The man that Florida deputies said murdered a Florida couple and was found biting off pieces of a man's face had his own Youtube page with bizarre videos.
A video, posted five days ago by 19-year-old Austin Harrouff, showed him talking about why he does not need steroids.
"I know what's right for me, I don't need drugs. I know that they can change me," said Harrouff in the video, "Steroids really are not for me."
Dr. Laurence Miller, a clinical and forensic psychologist who has not treated him, said the behavior was a red flag.
"Well, first impression one get is here's somebody who's protesting a little bit too much. I mean all he's talking about is how he doesn't do steroids, do steroids but there's kind of a loopy dreamy approach to his narrative," said Miller.
Harrouff's Youtube profile also reads, "I've got a psycho side and a normal side. I've lost my mind, help me find it."
"When someone says, 'I'm psycho', a lot of times what they're trying to do is build up their sense of dangerousness and unpredictability," said Miller.
The Florida State sophomore's mother told police her son had recently been acting oddly as well.
Miller said, "It's not like there's some murder drug out there that turns everybody into a character from the walking dead. You have to have some type of predisposition to violence, and the drug lights the fuse."
Harrouff is still in the hospital recovering. Results for synthetic substances could take up to two weeks.
