- Colin Czech was spotted by officers eating his victim’s ear and an eyeball
A man has been charged with murder after getting into an argument and then biting off parts of the victim’s face at a bus stop when police arrived on the scene.
Around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, Colin Czech, 31, was arrested on Las Vegas Boulevard after police received a report of two men fighting outside a business in the 1100 block.
When officers found the two men near the 300 block of Charleston Boulevard, one of them was found unconscious and bleeding from the head.
Officers also found Czech kneeling on the ground next to the victim with “biological material in his hair, mouth and on his clothing.” CLASS reported, with reference to documents.
He reportedly told officers that the victim had attacked him and that he was homeless after police saw him eat the other man’s ear and eyeball.
Colin Czech, 31, was arrested near the 300 block of Charleston Boulevard (pictured), Las Vegas, after he got into a fight with another man and ate part of his face. He has been arrested on charges of open murder
Paramedics took the seriously injured victim, reportedly identified as Kenneth Brown, to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Brown had a large gash on part of his head and was missing an eye and ear, according to documents obtained by 8 News Now Investigators.
Czech had reportedly “slipped in and out of consciousness” while in police custody, telling officers he had been “awake for five days straight” because “something was possessing him.”
The killer also told investigators that he used his teeth to hurt the victim, adding that he used his teeth to eat [the man’s] eyeballs and ears,” documents revealed.
Czech was arrested on charges of open murder and booked into the Clark County Detention Center in absentia, she added.
He was scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon, but Justice of the Peace Rebecca Saxe said Czech was not transported to the hearing because he was hospitalized.
Despite his absence, Saxe said she found probable cause for Czech’s arrest and ordered him held without bail after the heinous crime.
Neither a prosecutor nor an attorney spoke during the brief hearing, the magazine reported.
Czech has now been ordered by the judge to show his face in court on Wednesday.
The Clark County coroner’s office has not yet released the identity of the man who died before his body was mutilated.
An autopsy will likely be performed by the Clark County Coroner’s office to confirm the victim’s identity and determine the cause and manner of death.
This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information is urged to contact the Las Vegas Police Department by phone at 702-828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com.
To remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555.