Damon Perry Blames ‘Walking Dead’ Binge For Making Him Murder Friend Christopher Paquin

Damon Perry has blamed a binge-watching session of The Walking Dead for making him believe that his friend was a zombie and for subsequently killing him.

‘Walking Dead’ Murder: Damon Perry Blames TV Series

Perry, who was reportedly heavily intoxicated at the time of the crime, stabbed and bludgeoned his friend Christopher Paquin last week, reported People. After he was apprehended, Perry told police that he and Paquin and been drinking and watching The Walking Dead on Netflix when Paquin began “to change into a zombie.”

According to Perry, Paquin “was attempting to bite him, so he reacted by brutally beating him,” said Grants, N.M., police department spokesman Moses Marquez. “It was the worst crime scene I have seen in my 13 years of law enforcement,” Marquez told People.

In the fatal assault, Perry allegedly bludgeoned Paquin with punches and kicks, and also used a guitar, a microwave and a knife in the murder.

“There are some things in this case I don’t think we’ll ever know, like when the microwave was used, when the guitar was used and when the knives came into play,” Marquez told KOAT, adding of the men who restrained Perry before police arrived at the scene, “We have to give those maintenance men the kudos they deserve for putting themselves in harm’s way.”

Perry has been charged with murder and aggravated assault. He is being held on $800,000 bond in the Cibola County Detention Center.