--- description: A man beat his friend to death with a microwave and a guitar, all because he thought the friend had begun to "change into a zombie" title: Man Fan Kills Friend He Thought Was Turning Into a Zombie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Walking Dead_ Fan Fatally Beats Friend He Thought Was Turning Into a Zombie by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 26, 2015 6:33 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 26, 2015 6:33 PM CUT A New Mexico man was arrested last Thursday after allegedly beating his friend to death with a microwave and a guitar, all because he thought the friend had begun to “change into a zombie.” Damon Perry, 23, told police that he had been binge-watching _The Walking Dead_ on Netflix before the incident, according to [_KOB 4_ Albuquerque](http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3944679.shtml#.Vi5nOWRVhHy "undefined"). Police originally responded to 911 calls about Perry running around his apartment complex threatening people with a knife. Officers arrived to find two maintenance workers holding Perry down. Christopher Paquin, 23, was found unresponsive inside a nearby apartment and pronounced dead at the scene. Perry told detectives that the two had been drinking, after which Perry says he thought Paquin had begun to turn into a zombie and try to bite him. Perry beat Paquin with his hands, feet, a microwave and an electric guitar, police said. \[[KOB 4](http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3944679.shtml#.Vi5nOWRVhHy "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4087497/man-beats-the-walking-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4087497/man-beats-the-walking-dead/"},"headline":"Walking Dead Fan Fatally Beats Friend He Thought Was Turning Into a Zombie","datePublished":"2015-10-26T18:33:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:04:59.250Z","description":"The 23-year-old said he had been binge-watching The Walking Dead","url":"https://time.com/4087497/man-beats-the-walking-dead/","keywords":["Crime","The Walking Dead"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4087497/man-beats-the-walking-dead/","name":"Walking Dead Fan Fatally Beats Friend He Thought Was Turning Into a Zombie"}}]}] ```