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Conviction of NYC cop cannibalism case overturned
A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a former New York City police officer accused of plotting to kidnap, kill and eat young women.
Man pleads guilty in cannibalism case
BEL AIR — A former Maryland college student who told authorities he killed a man and ate his heart and parts of his brain pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible Monday in Harford County Circuit Court. Alexander Kinyua, 22, entered the plea to first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie last year. […]
Plea postponed for Md. man accused of cannibalism
BEL AIR — An administrative mistake has postponed a plea hearing for a college student who told authorities he killed a man and ate his heart and parts of his brain. Harford County Assistant State’s Attorney Christopher Smith says paperwork to have Alex Kinyua transported from the state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital to court for Monday’s […]
Md. cannibalism suspect charged in earlier attack
A grand jury has indicted a Maryland cannibalism suspect on more a serious charge of attempted murder in a different attack at a Baltimore university dorm. Twenty-one-year-old Alexander Kinyua was already facing assault and reckless endangerment charges in the May attack at Morgan State University. A prosecutor spokesman says the more serious charge came Thursday. […]
Morgan State president addresses cannibalism case
Morgan State University’s president says he wants to assure the Morgan community that safety is the university’s highest priority after a student was charged in the death of a family friend. Speaking at a university regents meeting Thursday, President David Wilson said he couldn’t discuss specifics of the case of Alex Kinyua, but officials will […]
Lawyer: Prior bat attack foreshadowed cannibalism
The lawyer for a victim left partially blinded by a baseball bat attack at a Maryland university said his client now believes a cannibalism suspect in another case may have been planning to eat his organs. When 22-year-old Joshua Ceasar regained consciousness after the baseball-bat attack last month at a Morgan State University dormitory apartment, […]
