A murder suspect is suspected of eating part of a dead man’s face in Las Vegas on Sunday, officials said.
Colin Czech was arrested before dawn on suspicion of killing another man and eating parts of the victim’s face, including his eyeballs and ears, officials said. Las Vegas Review Journal.
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Czech was reportedly charged with murder after allegedly engaging in a “physical altercation” with the victim, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). After a confrontation between the two, the Czech allegedly committed cannibalism, the newspaper said.
LVMPD detectives discovered that the 31-year-old suspect was suspected of “attacking the victim at some point,” police said in a statement.
LVMPD arrived at the scene around 4:45 a.m. and said they found the victim “unresponsive and bleeding from the head,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. According to reports, a Czech national was seen at the scene suspected of eating body parts of an unidentified victim.
Medical experts declared the victim dead after the incident, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. (Related: Korean War veteran with shrapnel in leg earns first Purple Heart in 73 years)
Czech was arrested, charged and booked into the Clark County Detention Center without bail, the newspaper said. Justice of the Peace Rebecca Sachs said the suspect was unable to attend Monday’s initial court appearance because he was hospitalized. Sachs reportedly ordered him to appear in court on Wednesday.
