Girlfriend "felt safe" with face eater

This is Rudy Eugene - a man who, according to his girlfriend, was caring and loved sports.

And this is Ronald Poppo.

Miami police shot and killed Rudy on May 26 when they found him eating the face of Poppo -- a homeless man who was naked at the time of the attack.

But speaking at a news conference in Miami on Wednesday, a woman who claims she was Eugene's girlfriend at the time, 27-year-old Yovonka Bryant, says she always felt safe with him - and insists he always seemed normal.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) YOVONKA BRYANT, WOMAN WHO SAYS SHE IS GIRLFRIEND OF FACE-EATER RUDY EUGENE, SAYING:

"Rudy never drank alcohol or used drugs around me. I only saw him smoke a marijuana cigarette once. One thing that I loved about Rudy is how he talked about his family; he loved his mother and his grandmother very dearly. The care that he expressed for my son, the friend he became to my brother and cousins and the man he was to me will never be forgotten. I felt safe with Rudy."

Bryant, who is a single mother of three and who works for an accountant, claims to have been dating Rudy Eugene since March of this year.

Travis Brecher, Reuters