Cannibalism suspect ordered to mental hospital
A Maryland judge has ordered a cannibalism suspect transferred to the state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital for a competency evaluation, prosecutors said Tuesday. Alexander Kinyua, 21, of Joppatowne was also indicted Tuesday on one count each of first-degree murder and carrying a weapon with intent to injure in the death of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, the Harford […]
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, […]
Md. man accused of cannibalism ranted on Facebook
JOPPATOWNE — The college student suspected of killing and eating parts of a man staying at his home ranted months ago about “mass human sacrifices” on Facebook in one of several details that emerged Friday in the second gruesome case of alleged cannibalism in the U.S. in a week. Authorities say Alex Kinyua, 21, admitted […]
Body parts found in Joppatowne home, man charged
JOPPATOWNE – According to charging documents, a Maryland man has admitted to eating another man’s victim’s heart and part of his brain. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office says 21-year-old Alexander Kinyua was arrested Wednesday, days after a man whom he lived with went missing. Police say they found body parts while searching the townhome on […]