'He's not a zombie – he's my son'

'If someone was lost or didn't know God, he would tell them about him. He was a believer'

(THE AGE) — On the Saturday morning before he would make headlines for chewing off a man’s face — before he would come to be known tragically as the “Miami Zombie” — Rudy Eugene held his Bible and kissed his girlfriend goodbye.

Eugene’s on-again, off-again girlfriend said he woke her up at 5:30am to say he was going to meet with a “homeboy.” She said she found it strange he was rummaging the closet so early in morning. He didn’t name the friend or say where he was going.

He planted a kiss on her lips and said, “I love you.” Shortly after, he left the central Broward apartment he shared with her.

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