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Hoax Alert: Couple On Meth NOT Arrested For Eating Homeless Man In Central Park

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A gruesome internet hoax is making the rounds since yesterday: a New York couple, supposedly high on methamphetamine, was said to have eaten the fingers and four toes of a homeless man in Central Park. The two, named as 'Matthew Scroggins' (aged 32) and 'Martha Childress' (aged 43) were reportedly hungrly after not eating for five days. A non-existent NYPD…
Feb 2, 2016

by: Maarten Schenk

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