Linha do tempo

Transcrição
0:00
this is Austin harof also known as Austy Frosty Austin was just an ordinary
0:05
college student or at least so it seemed his family described him as friendly focused and full of potential but then
0:13
without warning something changed one evening what started as a typical family outing would soon take a bizarre turn
0:20
with Austin leaving abruptly disappearing into the night in an unsettling storm which seemed to brew
0:26
within him as the hours passed by his friends and family began to worry and
0:31
that is when reports of a very concerning crime scene came trickling in after that nothing would ever be the
0:38
same again such an assle you'll soon realize that this is one of those stories where people are
0:44
still searching for answers to this day for example what led Austin down this path was it something external or was it
0:51
in him all along and the haunting part is I don't think we will ever know for sure welcome or welcome back to Coffee
0:57
House crime folks my name is Adrien and today we're looking at a YouTuber who kind of turned into a zombie okay maybe
1:04
not literally but just watch the video and you'll see what I mean before we begin if you like True Crime strange or
1:10
chilling stories then please consider subscribing thank you and now with that said please grab yourself a coffee and
1:16
let's caffeinate while we [Music]
1:27
investigate it was August the 16th Jupiter Florida sandwiched between its
1:32
sprawling beaches and the state's arterial Route 95 lies a small suburb named toqua if you travel just west of
1:39
that suburb you will find a small street named cook Lane and sadly that is where the main bulk of our story will take
1:46
place today Jupiter is kind of a Hidden Gem and of course I'm talking about the town and not the planet picture this
1:54
laidback Beach toown Vibes with a splash of luxury and the water crystal clear
2:00
it's a place where people are out paddleboarding with dolphins like it's no big deal whatsoever and don't even
2:05
get me started on the food like many beach towns Jupiter is best served on a
2:10
hot summer's day and on one of those evenings 59-year-old John Stevens and his wife 53-year-old Michelle Miskin
2:18
were just going on with doing their usual routine and hanging out in their garage now John himself was a family man
2:24
he loved to fish loved to cook and had also been in the US Air Force in his younger years is Michelle was a loving
2:31
warm and welcoming person to everybody that she met it's also notable that she
2:37
was the daughter of the former North Miami Beach mayor Jeff so no surprise
2:42
the two were well liked and well known by their Community for being the perfectly gentle couple if you had swung
2:48
by the house at the time they lived there you would see it was a three-bedroom two-bath home which was
2:53
aply situated on cooko Lane the two adored their place and put a lot of effort into looking after it with family
3:00
and friends often dropping by for a coffee or a chat it's a rather cute Habit to have but the two of them would
3:07
often sit in the garage with the door open in the evenings catching the Summer Breeze in each other's company a perfect
3:13
way to cool off in Florida's summer heat but sadly let's just say it wouldn't stay that way for very long it was just
3:20
after 9:00 p.m. when The Neighbor out on an evening walk went by the house of Michelle and John and what they found
3:26
could only be described as something straight out of a horror movie there in the dim light was a man hunched over
3:32
another and what he seemed to be doing was definitely not normal around 6t in
3:37
height the man was not merely attacking the other but quite literally eating his face apparently this looked like
3:44
something straight out of The Walking Dead completely horrified by the situation but determined to help Steve
3:50
the neighbor rushed to intervene only to be met with a frenzied violence whoever this zombie like figure was they turned
3:56
on the neighbor too stabbing him multiple times in the process now thankfully he was able to get away
4:03
but only after several major injuries and of course naturally they then called
4:08
911 911 do you need fire police or medical Polie and
4:18
medical don't don't open that don't open that fire rescue what's your address
4:23
young man beating up a woman across the street okay are they out outside or in a
4:30
house it's in a garage um I think he had a knife but I'm not positive are are
4:35
either of them injured can you tell from where you are yes there's a girl laying on the ground he beat her up I ran over
4:42
there I'm bleeding profusely here the moment okay I don't know what happened all right can you tell us she's
4:48
conscious or is she unconscious oh my God no it does not appear so no okay and
4:54
how what kind of injuries do you have I've been stabbed in the back and where is he is he I think
5:00
us right across the street from my house all right we're going to get the paramedics right out there sir sir what
5:06
did the guy look like was he white black Hispanic he is white do you know who he is I have no idea he it appears he's
5:13
still there and you you said you you definitely saw a knife and that's what he hit you with in the back no I did not see it but my wife's looking in my back
5:20
and it appears I got punctured yep dad in the neck in the head three three
5:25
puncture WS okay we got you nin rout okay okay all right just call us back if
5:31
anything changes all right all right I'm bleeding pretty bad okay we got we got an ambulance and everybody in route just stay right there and stay calm okay okay
5:39
all right about 10 minutes later the first Deputy arrived to see exactly the same
5:46
thing a man hunched over another quite literally eating his face wasting no time whatsoever in this situation she
5:53
then closed a distance pulled out a taser and ordered him to stop but this man he didn't even flinch it was in that
6:00
moment that the officer then successfully deployed her taser with electricity surging through the suspect's body but even still it made no
6:07
difference in fact he hardly seemed to react and even after grabbing a hold of him well he seemed impossibly strong
6:15
this was definitely a job for more than one officer only a few minutes later additional backup arrived another deputy
6:22
along with the K9 rushed in to help but even with two officers and a literal furry chomping machine they all
6:29
struggled to stop him and nothing they did seemed to slow him down eventually they did manage to subdue him and get
6:35
him into custody however by then it was far too late to save John Stevens and
6:42
heartbreakingly he would not be the only one to lose his life that night detectives arrived and began their
6:48
investigation after executing a search warrant not that they particularly needed it to see what else they would
6:54
find inside their garage with the door wide open they found Michelle and
7:00
unfortunately she too had been stabbed to death and it was apparent that both victims had been attacked inside the
7:07
garage as the investigators worked through the night it was very obvious that there was an enormous amount of
7:13
violence both victims sustained massive Trauma from multiple portions of their body including lacerations stab wounds
7:20
and blunt force trauma it was also noted that there was no evidence to suggest that their killer knew either of them in
7:27
fact it seemed that they had both been selected entirely at random it appeared that this was a completely unprovoked
7:34
and random attack simply on two people who were merely sitting in their open garage and so with so much barbaric
7:41
Behavior who precisely was their killer now thankfully the zombie responsible
7:47
for all of this was taken into custody right there at the crime scene however as the authorities uncovered his
7:53
identity the story would somehow become even more tragic this wasn't some sort of career Criminal or troubled L life in
8:01
fact he was a bright and well-educated student with a promising future ahead of him and in one Unthinkable night he had
8:08
then thrown all of it away so who was this crazed zombie-like man why did he
8:13
seem so strong and what caused him to well snap into an enraged cannibal
8:19
detectives assigned to the case would soon name the suspect as 19-year-old Austin harff Austin was a student
8:26
attending Florida State University who had spent his entire life living in Florida so I guess you could say he was
8:32
a genuine Florida man go figure born on December the 21st 1996 Austin had a
8:38
younger sister and lived with both of his parents and although they would eventually divorce in the year 2013 both
8:45
his mother and father would argue a lot throughout his formative years unfortunately creating an at times
8:51
unstable home for their children it is worth saying that as a child Austin claimed to hear voices that simply were
8:58
not there though this this information is quite debatable as it's a detail that he would only share after the crime
9:04
nevertheless he graduated from Sun Coast High School 2 years later in the year 2015 before then moving on to Palm Beach
9:11
college and then University to study biology as Austin Grew Older he found himself becoming ever more popular it is
9:19
noted that he was quite shy and reserved in his younger years but would then find his feet as he moved towards adulthood
9:25
and training to become an athlete there is a dark irony to his history too
9:31
because it turns out that he also trained to become a dental assistant in the year 2016 and considering his recent
9:37
actions I wouldn't say that's the best choice in career unfortunately he would also find himself overindulging in the
9:44
wrong kinds of substances weed alcohol and other types of drugs would often plague him and to add to that he seemed
9:52
to have an issue with stopping at an appropriate level thankfully Austin would make my life a little bit easier
9:58
by creating his own self identity investigation in the year 2016 where he
10:03
went on to say the way I see myself may or may not be different from the way that others see me I view myself as
10:10
happy shy nice positive and I never give up I view myself as happy because
10:15
usually I have very few things to feel sad or depressed about one of the main things I dislike about myself is that I
10:22
am shy I want to be more confident and assertive I am not that shy around my close friends because after I get to
10:28
know someone I'll start to open up more towards them I also see myself as nice
10:34
because I will go out of my way to help people I am usually not very mean unless someone or something has made me angry I
10:41
also don't ever give up even when I'm in a difficult situation like if I'm not doing well in school I will videos of
10:48
Austin date as far back as the year 2014 when he was filmed at a wrestling tournament held in Palm Beach back then
10:55
he did still seem to have some puppy fat or should I say where wolf if you don't get the joke then don't worry you will
11:02
soon anyway it turns out that Austin was actually somewhat of a YouTuber and a musical artist too it was under the name
11:09
of a frost that Austin created a channel to document his fitness journey talk about bodybuilding and also share his uh
11:17
interesting music found in his bio he ominously wrote this that [ __ ] around
11:22
music yall been hearing about I've got a psycho side and a normal side I've lost
11:28
my mind help me me find it this channel is still up to this very day by the way
11:33
in his first video named fitness challenges he discussed Fitness and the many obstacles he overcame you can tell
11:39
that Austin intended to adopt a goofy personality to be different to the hordes of other Fitness coaches already
11:45
on the platform how's it going guys today I'm going to be talking
11:51
about Fitness as a whole and the challenges it brings
11:57
okay so what I want want to start off by saying is as a
12:03
whole it's pretty tough man it's not easy but nothing in life worth having is
12:09
easy remember that guys you remember that you remember that I remove you got you got to you got to promise me that
12:15
you'll remember that we got Lorax over here talking [ __ ] but that's okay what's
12:22
up guys today I'm going to talk about the ketogenic diet
12:30
about a couple years ago I went from 250 lb to 190 uh hello Bros uh it's Austy
12:37
Frosty man and today I want to talk about personal trainers and why it why
12:45
you should be cautious when following a personal trainer he also created music
12:51
under the name of Austy froste uploading all of his music to the same YouTube channel and debuting with a track named
12:57
abide freestyle now theoretically I could keep all of this music to myself
13:03
but come on this wouldn't be coffee house crime without sharing working hard is all I do I ain't got time for Sleep
13:10
ain't got time for play I pull up in my 8kg I call her the new bay wait hold up
13:15
let me TI my 8k shoe oh shoot I forgot to mention the lace is 80 grand the shoes
13:22
too deep in the Jeep deep balls deep
13:31
little pe oh you want something to
13:37
eat a dke then kiss the bike I mean i r a bike then kiss the dke punch me in
13:43
your he a [ __ ] hike [ __ ] big [ __ ] yes I just ain't like I traed my ho I
13:51
traded my ho I traded my oh
13:57
oh this ball okay seriously I think that's enough but hopefully you get the picture here I've
14:03
said it before and I'll say it again but what is it with YouTubers thinking they can make good music anyway Austin would
14:08
eventually give up with making music and instead turn to bodybuilding weight loss and sustainable growth it is worth
14:14
saying that the media really tore him down here and would claim that he seems to act strange and that there were red
14:19
flags all along but you know what I don't buy it I mean yeah sure he was acting goofy but that's quite literally
14:27
it who didn't when they were younger but what I will say is that it definitely did seem to be escalating in the final
14:33
month or two and you'll see exactly what I mean in addition to this he would also
14:39
post home videos and Vlogs often going out on boat trips with his father and cruising around from the outside Austin
14:46
seemed like a pretty regular guy he grew up in a comfortable Florida suburb played football in high school and spent
14:53
time with his friends and people who knew him described him as friendly polite and easygoing in addition to this
15:00
he was a good student made decent grades at school and stayed out of trouble he was also the kind of person you'd see at
15:06
the gym or just simply hanging out at the beach just a normal kid living a normal laid-back life there wasn't some
15:13
long history of violence or crime and he wasn't out there causing chaos so before
15:18
his mental health seemed to take a turn Austin seemed like just another young guy trying to figure life out it was
15:25
around one week before the homicides that Austin started Act acting a little bit differently out of nowhere he had
15:32
this urge to be extremely generous to other people and I'm talking about give away all your possessions kind of level
15:38
but at the same time things were starting to feel weird inside too he was feeling paranoid barely sleeping and
15:45
even when he did he would wake up Frozen and convinced that some kind of demon was hovering over him I mean even his
15:52
friends noticed these changes they said he was acting unusual and quite honestly it was weirding them out too we can
15:59
actually get a glimpse of this in some of his last videos uploaded to YouTube Just 8 days before the murders he seemed
16:06
to be very hyper and Manic and like it just was the best like I just
16:13
want to [ __ ] say that and like anybody who disagrees is such an [ __ ]
16:19
[ __ ] on August the 12th which was only 3 days before the homicides Austin then
16:25
made his way to work where his mental state only seemed to diminish even further he started talking to his
16:31
patients about God and would even tell them that he felt like Jesus which sure
16:36
might be okay if you're having a casual discussion with someone but is probably the last thing you'd like to hear from
16:42
your operator while he's got these big metal tools in your mouth it is worth noting here that Austin was not upset or
16:48
angry or anything negative and in fact he would even go on to say to his patients that he felt full of love peace
16:55
and joy but understandably they did find it quite strange when he then pulled the instruments out and poured water over
17:02
them and then started praying as if it was some kind of holy ritual and the wild part the radio was playing in the
17:09
background and Austin swore that there were signs of God in each and every song like the whole thing was part of some
17:16
bigger message towards him but in his Ever Changing State of Mind after he returned home that night his mood would
17:22
shift once again it is in that moment that Austin claimed that he saw the devil right there in front of him that
17:29
is when he flushed all of his drugs down the toilet and just got rid of everything after being terrified of
17:34
seeing the devil in his very own home he decided to crash at a friend's place instead that night but even there the
17:41
paranoia wouldn't let up he couldn't sleep his mind was racing and he was descending into a very dark place it was
17:49
on that day that he would release his final video to YouTube titled what I'm about in bodybuilding in this video he
17:56
talks about believing in himself not following following famous bodybuilders and claims that he doesn't need drugs
18:03
what's up guys I just want to let you know that I came to a realization of
18:12
something I no longer want to follow Arnold or any other
18:19
bodybuilder I want to follow myself you know I want to actually believe in
18:25
myself not in I want to learn learn from other things other people other
18:31
bodybuilders and stuff but I just know that they're not
18:37
me you know I know what's right for me I don't need
18:43
drugs I know that they can change
18:50
me but the thing is that's not being healthy you know being healthy
18:57
is what it's natural you know what comes natural to you do you think steroids are
19:11
natural who knows you know who knows you think steroids would
19:18
be beneficial who knows but for me I know
19:24
that I don't know but I think
19:29
that steroids really aren't for me
19:34
honestly I used to think that I needed steroids to
19:41
be to be a bodybuilder to be to be this
19:47
thing to be this symbol to be this lie you
19:55
know all I need is really just to learn learn from
20:01
everything learn I'm learning from all the protein companies I'm learning from
20:07
all the bodybuilders you know I'm learning what what did they do
20:13
wrong I'm learning where did they go wrong you know what do I think they did
20:25
wrong we're all the same though peace out
20:31
peace on August the 13th which was 2 days before his Fateful Encounter it was
20:37
obvious that Austin felt totally drained like his body was heavy but his mind was still wired to make things even more odd
20:45
he would then tell his friends and family that he felt this weird special connection with animals he claimed that
20:50
he understood them and that furthermore they would give him their special powers it was later that morning that Austin
20:56
headed out to a restaurant and while while he was sat there drinking a glass of tap water he became convinced that
21:02
God was speaking to him apparently this glass of water was actually the Fountain of Youth later that day one of his
21:09
friends who owned a Dodge pickup truck decided to give him a lift and of course with the Dodge having that Ram logo on
21:15
the side well Austin believed it was actually the devil staring him down and later that night while he didn't feel
21:21
safe to sleep alone and so he asked his sister if he could sleep on the floor in her bedroom holding his dog as if he was
21:28
trying to be protected the very next morning on August the 14th he then walked his dog which somehow turned into
21:34
a run and apparently during that run he got this very bizarre feeling like he wasn't human anymore kind of like he was
21:41
now only half person and the other half it was apparently dog spirits and that they were inside him giving him extra
21:48
strength and speed it once again appeared that the whole animal connection was back he felt like they
21:53
really understood him and that furthermore he was half dog half man kind of like a wolf later that very same
22:00
day Austin would then travel with his dad to a gun show but instead of being excited or interested about it he
22:06
claimed to have just felt paranoid the entire time like something was off but he couldn't quite put his finger on it
22:13
to try and ease the situation Austin and his father then looked at knives and machetes where Austin would go on to buy
22:19
one each and then all of a sudden there was another rattling thought around his head what would happen if I ate a snake
22:27
trapped in his nonsensical iCal mind he suddenly believed that if he were to eat one then somehow it would give him power
22:34
over the devil in hindsight it's like the whole week was this long steady buildup that these weird thoughts were
22:40
piling on top of each other and nobody realizing just how far his mind had crashed and then came the actual day of
22:47
the murders on that morning Austin believed that dog Spirits were guiding him they apparently told him to wear
22:53
Michael Vic Jersey and so he did and just like that he felt invinc ible to
22:59
the devil like nothing could touch him throughout that day he bounced around first to a beach then to a party at a
23:05
fraternity brother's house and then to a restaurant it is at that restaurant where he would have dinner with his
23:11
relatives which included his father and what began as a nice meal together would unfortunately soon turn into an argument
23:18
which ended in him walking out after that he then traveled to his mother's home where he then drank cooking oil
23:24
yeah you heard that correctly by the way cooking oil his mother who obviously questioned what the hell he was doing
23:31
was quite surprised to see him at the property and so after taking the bottle of vegetable oil out of his hands she
23:37
then drove him back to the restaurant but Austin quite clearly did not want to be there and so after arriving at the
23:43
restaurant for a second time he would then leave shortly after once again at some point later that evening the world
23:50
around him suddenly started to feel unreal time slowed down and then before he knew it he felt like the Grim Reaper
23:57
voices began to whisper in his head saying I am sin I am in control
24:03
frightened by the situation Austin then began to ran apparently following the stars back home but instead they would
24:09
lead him to the house of his victims and that is when he saw it some kind of figure that sent a jolt of fear straight
24:16
through his spine in response he ran towards the light to try to find safety however that light it was actually
24:24
coming from the victim's garage back in the world of reality Austin had just run into Michelle's and Steven's garage what
24:31
she saw was probably a disgruntled man but what he saw apparently was a figure
24:36
of Darkness that is when he stabbed her and when he turned around that is when
24:42
he would see John too and after that nothing
24:49
Blackness the 19-year-old FSU Student with a seemingly bright future Michaela
24:54
Fallon is the same age as Austin Haru and she says she lives in the same quiet Jupiter neighborhood as his mom looked
25:01
him up on Facebook and we have like 67 mutual friends but Fallon says the mutual friends in the proximity makes
25:08
this even more frightening it's very like troubling that we walk our dog past the house and I mean the people that
25:16
were killed were innocent deputies say Monday night Haru was having a family dinner at Duffy on Indian toown Road
25:23
when he walked to a seemingly random house and attacked investigators say he killed two two people and injured
25:29
another a crime Fallon says is especially disturbing when compared to
25:34
this Haru on social media showing school pride in his fraternity t-shirt photos
25:40
of an athletic accomplished teen that seem so different from the suspect capable of this gruesome
25:47
crime shortly after this mental health experts determined that Austin was in a severely Disturbed mental state dealing
25:54
with emerging mood and thought disorders which led to a psychotic break during this time he couldn't tell right from
26:01
wrong which under Florida's definition would make him legally insane in addition to this there was also a
26:07
troubling trail of his online searches in the days and weeks leading up to the murders some of the things he searched
26:13
for included how to relax my mind auditory hallucinations when falling asleep what exactly is hell how to sell
26:21
my soul to the devil I think I'm going crazy how to know if you're going crazy can we really control more than we think
26:28
hearing things in my sleep and obsessive thoughts as you can see through his search history all of this paints a
26:34
picture of a man who was spiraling into confusion and fear and was Desperately Seeking answers but the interesting
26:41
thing here is that rather than seek help from his family friends or a licensed professional Austin kept all of these
26:47
thoughts to himself and I think that was probably the first mistake what I also find very interesting is that during his
26:54
slow decline into Insanity nobody stopped to say hey hey are you okay like
27:00
with everything going on here I feel like there were plenty of opportunities for a loved one to figure out that something wasn't right I mean Austin
27:07
really did not seem to be trying to hide his feelings emotions or thoughts there were so many missed opportunities here
27:13
despite being arrested immediately after the attacks Austin would not immediately go to jail and that's because he first
27:20
needed to be hospitalized for almost 2 months due to his severe injuries including internal damage from drinking
27:26
toxic household chemicals and you know also being taken out by an entire police
27:31
unit including a canine later that night his parents would also be interviewed
27:36
which is where this footage was released you you called 911 later on that night
27:43
um and you said that he was missing um well I guess when he took off the
27:48
second time mhm they called me I don't know when they called me and said is Austin there and I said no what happened
27:55
well he took off again you you mentioned 911 call that he's acting schizophrenic is there any history in your family of
28:02
schizophrenia on your side of the family any sign of mental illness on your side of the
28:07
family I mean we always tease that my brother was but were but did you ever get treated no medicine what about your
28:14
son did you ever treat him for any no no okay also in your 911 call they asked
28:21
you if he's on drugs and you had mentioned that yes he has been on drugs but you don't know if he's been on drugs lately do you know what kind of drugs he
28:27
was on I mean I know he did marijuana okay um did he do an
28:35
excessive amount or was it just social if you could even call it
28:40
social I don't know I mean he hung out in his room okay so Dad Dad said that uh
28:48
about two months ago he also uh found him doing mushrooms do you know anything about that I don't know if anybody found
28:56
him doing mushrooms your son how was he as a kid I mean he still is a kid but was he always happy joyous uh good as
29:03
far as you could tell uh never got into fights in school has he ever been suspended from school or anything no
29:09
nothing um okay um nothing I mean it's
29:16
never really any anger issues maybe you know bud and I mhm have our spats and
29:23
stuff he wants to protect me you know sure has he ever got physical with Dad
29:29
or Dad yeah no no something's going to
29:34
happen what I was doing for the last two weeks is trying to joke him out of it mhm The psychosis MH and I said put that
29:43
away you're crazy and Hell stop okay you you said uh something about psychotic or
29:48
psychosis something like that is there any history in your family as to uh mental illness or anything like that yes
29:55
there is on who my sister your sister and she's being treated she was treated
30:02
she was treated okay what kind of illness she had severe depression okay anyone else in your family yourself okay
30:09
depression okay and you were treated and everything else what about Grandparents or anything like no okay uh what about
30:15
him has he ever seen a psychiatrist or been treated for I don't think he has okay uh was he on any kind of medication
30:23
no no okay um Jesus Christ I get wom that he can't sleep p in the floor mhm
30:29
so I try to give him uh some volumes or stives whose volumes are those mine yours okay okay
30:37
and uh he gets I I I I give him to him and
30:43
he throws them on the floor and he goes I will not be controlled by you so I
30:48
went and grabbed the keys out of his hand M when was this
30:54
the I think Monday okay and he's pissed off and he jumps on the hood
31:01
of my car and bents it and so I finally decided to give him his keys back so he
31:07
didn't damage my car any further yeah and u
31:13
u I wrote him text on my phone to I said you damaged my car his he got a one-w
31:20
answer learn one stable the authorities forly charged him with two counts of
31:26
first-degree murder for The Killing K ings of John and Michelle as well as attempted murder for attacking a neighbor who tried to intervene while
31:33
waiting for his trial to begin several calls made between Austin and his father do highlight how scared he was for
31:39
himself well how's how's how's life it's tough on us Austin we're not
31:46
used to this am I going to be okay yeah you're going to be
31:53
okay is everyone scared yeah
31:58
but that're pretty confident that we can pull something off here
32:03
yeah um how's J are they taking care are you taking your medicines yeah I'm
32:09
taking my medicine you you need a you you need to get a Bible Austin I know I
32:15
asked for one do you have one are you getting me a therapist or
32:21
anything yes I plan on it can you do it sir have you called have you talked to your mama yet uh I tried to but she
32:29
didn't answer so I'm going to call her after I'll never I'll never give up on
32:34
you okay I promise okay all right you listen Austin you got
32:43
to stay strong here now I know the toughest thing you've ever done I know but you got to stay
32:50
strong I'm just adjust I know it's going to be hard to adjust but you'll get used to it from
32:57
the very beginning it became clear that this would not be a typical criminal case Austin's defense would quickly
33:03
center around his mental state arguing that he was legally insane at the time of the murders and therefore should not
33:10
face prison his behavior in the days leading up to the attacks as well as the disturbing comments made during and
33:16
after would fuel many questions around his mental health for years the case was then delayed by psychological
33:23
evaluations evidence Gathering and then later the pandemic several mental health
33:28
experts were called in from both sides and from here there were two forensic psychologists who both determined that
33:34
Austin was indeed suffering from a severe mental illness most likely some sort of psychotic episode which was also
33:42
tied to an undiagnosed mood and thought disorder it was eventually concluded that during the attack Austin could not
33:48
tell the difference between right or wrong which ultimately meets Florida's legal definition of insanity however the
33:55
prosecution would naturally try to test this and instead looked towards his internet search history to claim that he
34:01
was only trying to look crazy they would also try to claim that although he did seem to have paranoia and delusions this
34:08
did not necessarily mean that he didn't know what he was doing in addition to this there was other evidence that the
34:14
judge would have to consider too for example his internet search history as far back as the year 2015 would reveal
34:20
copious amounts of drug abuse in October of 2015 Austin sent a text message
34:25
saying I literally blacked out out while talking to you I blacked out I lost my hat my shoes and my shirt in another
34:33
message he said blacked out last night and I texted Sarah I have no idea why in
34:39
March of 2016 he sent a text message to say sorry I'm asking a lot of questions
34:44
I blacked out at like 8:00 it was also noted that Austin tried to acquire a bunch of illegal mushrooms from a friend
34:51
only 6 days before the murders again highlighting another drug that he was not afraid to take so was this insanity
34:59
or drug induced Mayhem well test results taken on the night of the murders would
35:04
confirm that he tested negative for the street drug flocker he would also test negative for elog genics and according
35:11
to the closed captions on Dr Phil's YouTube video negative for assaults too after six long years of legal back and
35:18
forth including countless hearings and evaluations the case would finally come to an end in November of 2022 in a
35:25
non-jury trial Austin officially pled not guilty by reason of insanity in the
35:30
end the judge accepted his plea and also agreed with all mental health findings
35:35
this means that instead of being sent to prison Austin was committed to a secure psychiatric facility indefinitely well
35:43
family spoke very passionately in that courtroom today of many things they said they still do not buy it that Austin
35:48
Herff was insane despite Medical Professional expert opinions they just say the result of that night that deadly
35:55
night was a result of Austin being a drug addict but a judge made his decision today with uh support from both
36:01
the state and defense teams that Austin Herff did meet that state criteria to be considered insane so he will be
36:08
bypassing prison and headed for treatment I hate
36:13
you I hate you with every part of my being you both said your son acted
36:19
strangely for weeks leading up to the murders and you even set up an appointment for him to be evaluated you
36:25
should have done your job better quicker you should not be purchasing him
36:32
knives the state had an evaluation of Austin and the state's own expert opine
36:38
that he was insane at the time so I think it does a disservice to those seeking mental health treatment for
36:44
those struggling with these issues it is real and it is powerful the brain is a
36:49
powerful organ and that's what this was about and of course we don't know just how much time he might spend in that
36:55
Mental Health institution but we do know that he would never be released or discharged without staff and medical
37:01
professionals they deeming him to not be a danger to society to the public he would also have to go before a judge
37:07
before any decisions would be made reporting live in Mar County Omega McRoberts WPTV News Channel 5 quite
37:13
understandably this outcome infuriated many of those in the courtroom Michelle's sister was absolutely Furious
37:20
and many of them argued that regardless of his mental state Justice felt Out Of Reach they believed that Austin's
37:27
actions were so brutal and unforgivable that a hospital felt like the wrong ending to the story but under Florida
37:33
law if someone is declared legally insane at the time of a crime then prison is not an option mental health
37:40
treatment is instead and that brings me to those who died regardless of his diagnosis John and Michelle they are
37:47
remembered as lovely people whose lives were tragically cut short a loving couple who enjoyed the peacefulness of
37:53
their Florida home and spending time together in their garage friends and neighbors describe them as war and
37:59
welcoming always ready to lend a helping hand or share a laugh where Michelle was known for her energetic personality Jon
38:06
was equally compassionate and someone that anyone could rely on it is worth highlighting here that in an episode
38:12
with Dr Phil Austin would go on to express his severe regret towards the end of the episode so at least the pain
38:19
seems to have stayed with him too if there family members are watching this right now what do you say to
38:25
them look into the camer right now and if they're watching what do you say to
38:30
them I'm sorry for their loss and I hope that you can find it in your
38:38
heart to forgive me and I'm so sorry and
38:44
I never wanted this to
38:49
[Music] happen I'm so sorry
38:59
it's like a
39:11
nightmare I just I just don't know how to say I
39:16
don't know how to put it into
39:23
words I never want this happen
39:43
Austin Are you ashamed of what you did yes yes yes
40:01
I just wanted to let them know that I'm sorry John and Michelle are deeply
40:06
missed and to this day both families are left with giant holes in their
40:13
hearts it's a very tough story to digest JN and Michelle are the real victims
40:18
here by far but Austin he seriously needed help too and judging by his
40:23
internet search history it looks like he was looking for it as as to why he didn't reach out to someone or someone
40:30
close to him didn't step in to try to give him support we will sadly never know for example several weeks before
40:36
the murders Austin moved himself into the garage because he was convinced that his bedroom was possessed by the devil
40:42
and both of his parents knew about this too so if that isn't a cause for concern and a reason to intervene then honestly
40:49
I don't know what is and once again as I say in many of these videos this is why mental health is so important although
40:56
I'm basically finished with this story I'm very curious to know what you think about this one so as always please share
41:02
your thoughts down below and yeah I think that pretty much concludes our video today folks thank you so much for
41:07
watching today I really do appreciate you being here honestly it means the world to me anyway see you again next
41:13
week and hopefully for another long video Until That moment arrives though please remember to look after yourselves
41:19
look after each other and as always stay safe thank you and goodbye