Eating Kevin Bacon | True Crime Today Podcast

A cannibal who admitted to killing a man named Kevin Bacon, hanging him upside down, and eating his body parts has entered a guilty plea.

A cannibal, 50 years old, admitted to killing a missing 25-year-old man and consuming his body parts.

According to the 35th Circuit Court's online records, Mark Latunski pleaded guilty to open murder, disinterment, and mutilation of a dead body on Thursday, September 22.

An attorney for Latunski told the Lansing State Journal that his client had to make a "tough decision to plead guilty."

According to the statement,  "The law requires that attorneys must follow the objectives of clients found to be legally competent as it relates to decisions, such as pleading guilty, even if the attorneys believe that it is not in the best interests of the client. We will continue to vigorously advocate for Mr. Latunski at the degree hearing and sentencing."

According to MLive.com, It's possible that Latunski's defense team planned to argue insanity in court.

The trial of Latunski was set to begin on October 18, according to WJBK-TV.

According to MLive.com, the victim, Kevin Bacon, was reported missing on Christmas Day 2019 when he failed to appear for breakfast with his parents. Many of his loved ones in Swartz Creek, Michigan, went looking for him.

WJBK states that Bacon's roommate revealed to police that Bacon had met a man through the Grindr dating app.

The body of Latunski, 25, was found on December 28, 2019, in his Shiawassee County residence, as reported by MLive.com. He was apparently found hanging from the ceiling by his feet, blood pouring from cuts all over his body.

According to MLive.com, Some of Bacon's body had been devoured and he had been stabbed in the back and his throat had been cut.

Latunski was held in a mental health facility and had many competence hearings while he was there.

According to WJBK, Latunski's lawyer asked for a competence hearing in January of 2020, stating in court, "He believes he’s named someone else. He believes he’s from a royal family out of Wales, the Thomas clan. And just the nature of the crime itself, you’ve got to send him for this evaluation."

According to MLive.com, he was found competent to face trial in October 2020; however, Latunski's legal team requested another review of his mental health in March 2022. A judge determined his competency in May of 2022.

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Two Texas authorities say a man left his injured infant in a shed and fled in a stolen truck.

Authorities said a 43-year-old man stole a truck and left his 9-month-old daughter, who was injured, in a shed.

Katherine McClain reportedly phoned police at 6 a.m. on Saturday, September 24 after hearing a loud truck outside her house, as reported by KPRC-TV. Someone stole their neighbor's truck, according to her daughter, who peeked out the window and watched it happen.

McClain's husband reportedly viewed surveillance footage of the property and saw a man in his underwear strolling next door, getting into the truck, and driving away. The man allegedly also attempted to break into their yard-parked cars. It was alleged that the footage was timestamped at around 3 a.m.

Officers from the Livingston Police Department reportedly looked at the camera footage, took fingerprints from the cars, and discovered blood in several of them. Clifford Guynes was spotted driving the stolen car by police, according to KPRC.

After around three hours, McClain and her family heard their dogs barking at the shed and discovered the 9-month-old daughter who had been left inside.

McClain told KPRC it was a "terrible event."

There are reports that the toddler was sent to Texas Children's Hospital with a shattered femur. The child's status is unclear at this time, but KHOU-TV reports that she is doing well and is expected to make a full recovery.

According to the Polk County Jail records, Guynes was arrested and jailed on charges of harm to a child and abandoning/endangering a kid. He remains imprisoned on $200,000 bond.

On September 16th, Guynes was reportedly detained for violating his parole, as reported by KPRC.

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84-year-old man guilty of killing K.C. attorney who won multimillion-dollar case against him

After losing a case against the victim's client, an 84-year-old man was found guilty of fatally shooting the victim's attorney in front of the victim's home.

The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that David Jungerman was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action on Thursday, September 22. Pickert was found dead the previous day.

Officers from the Kansas City Police Department arrived at a residence on October 25, 2017, around 8:07 am, to find Pickert dead in the driveway. A single bullet of "relative rarity" (.17 caliber) is said to have ended his life.

According to KSHB-TV Pickert was gunned killed after returning home from sending his sons to school. A source claims that upon hearing the gunshot, his wife ran out to offer assistance.

The white van that Jungerman was driving was reportedly sought by police in Kansas City after the tragic encounter. Officers apparently met with Jungerman not long after the shooting, but he wasn't brought into custody. A man matching Jungerman's description was seen by a witness near the van just before the murder, the witness reportedly told police. According to KSHB's reporting, Jungerman first said he was the only person with access to the white van and that he wasn't behind the wheel on the day Pickert was slain.

This is according to a report on WDAF-TV. A second witness came forward a couple of months after the incident to say that Jungerman had boasted to him that he had killed a lawyer and evaded capture.

On March 8, 2018, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, investigators searched Jungerman's vehicle after obtaining a warrant.

Reports indicate that shortly before Pickert was shot, Jungerman suspected that Pickert had stolen money from him in connection with a judgment that had been rendered against Pickert. According to WDAF, in 2012, Jungerman shot two homeless individuals he said broke into his store. Pickert defended Jeffrey Harris, who had lost a leg and was named as a plaintiff in the case against Jungerman.

Juries ruled with Harris on July 24, 2017, awarding him roughly $6 million in damages that Jungerman was ordered to pay. The jury said Harris should receive $750,000 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

Jungerman will be sentenced Nov. 18.

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