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Cannibal killer murdered victim at Christmas then ate body parts

Mark Latunski, a 53-year-old Michigan man downloaded the dating app Grindr in December 2019 and connected with Kevin Bacon, 25, on Christmas Eve.

[The Michigan man chained up his 25-year-old victim]

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The Michigan man chained up his 25-year-old victim

A twisted cannibal using a dating app to lure a 25-year-old man to his house to brutally kill him, hang his body up in his basement and eating him at Christmas.

Mark Latunski, a 53-year-old Michigan man downloaded the dating app Grindr in December 2019 and connected with Kevin Bacon.

Horrifyingly, Latunski described killing Kevin, eating parts of his corpse in a crime of cold calculation. The sick man also hung his victims body upside down in his Bennington Township home. Latunski said he cut off part of the Kevin's genitalia and eaten it.

Shiawassee County prosecutor Scott Koerner said the killing was premeditated and told the court that Latunski had told police officers he discussed buying a dehydrator to make jerky out of Kevin's muscles, Mlive.com reported.

Bacon was last seen on Christmas Eve when he told a roommate he was leaving to meet a man he met on Grindr. Tragically, his family reported him missing on Christmas Day.

[The body of 25-year-old Kevin Bacon was found inside the Bennington Township home]

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The body of 25-year-old Kevin Bacon was found inside the Bennington Township home(Image: Facebook)

His lawyer Mary Chartier argued Latunski did not plan on killing Mr Bacon, noting he allowed police inside his home where the victim's body was hanging by the ankles in his basement.

A seasoned detective said the murder scene was the most traumatising thing he has seen in his career, according to CBS. The images were burned into his mind after Latunski admitted what he had done.

"I was pretty surprised," said Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. James Moore, reacting to Latunkis guilty plea in 2020. Moore led the investigation into Bacon's death.

"I had not seen anybody in person located in that manner that Kevin was found," Moore said. "So it was definitely not something that I normally would respond to."

Shiawassee County Judge Matthew Stewart ruled: "The court finds that this is a crime of cold calculation.

[Kevin's family reported him missing on Christmas Day]

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Kevin's family reported him missing on Christmas Day(Image: Facebook)

"Kevin Bacon's death was Mark Latunski's design." Latnuskis lawyer Mary Chartier said her client did not understand the gravity of his crime.

"He did not measure the consequences at all," she said. First-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

That was Moore's reaction to Mark Latunski pleading guilty to open murder Thursday. Latunski admitted to killing Kevin Bacon and eating parts of his body in 2019.

Shiawassee County Prosecutor Scott Koerner said Latnuski was calm when he entered his plea. "He was pretty reserved, pretty stoic, not a lot of emotion, short answers," Koerner said.

"It was really gruesome and horrific," Koerner said. "I guess they're the words that come to my mind."

Koerner says it is also historic because it's the first time someone in Shiawassee County has pleaded guilty to open murder. Koerner said he will always remember this case. Moore said the case was likely to be difficult for everyone involved.

"Don't be afraid to reach out and talk to people about what you're thinking, what you observed, and get some help if you need it," Moore said.

Shiawassee County Judge Matthew Stewart to determined that the killing was premeditated first-degree murder and Latnuski was sentenced to life in prison in 2022 without the possibility of parole. Latunksi was also sentenced to 11 months to be served concurrently on a charge of disinterment and mutilation of a dead body.

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