{"id":1704162,"date":"2022-10-20T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704162"},"modified":"2022-10-20T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T17:19:04","slug":"michigan-cannibal-to-get-life-in-prison-for-killing-man-eating-his-testicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-cannibal-to-get-life-in-prison-for-killing-man-eating-his-testicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Cannibal To Get Life In Prison For Killing Man, Eating His Testicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-cannibal-to-get-life-in-prison-for-killing-man-eating-his-testicles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to murder and the mutilation of a dead body will spend the rest of his life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Latunski, 53, pleaded guilty on September 22, just three weeks before his trial was supposed to start, Fox 2 Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/mark-latunski-michigan-cannibal-who-admitted-to-murder-of-kevin-bacon-to-get-life-in-prison\">reported<\/a>. That was also nearly three years after the body of Kevin Bacon, 25, was found in Latunski\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon was reported missing on Christmas Day in 2019 after he went out to meet up with a man he met on a dating app. Three days later, Bacon\u2019s body was found in Latunski\u2019s home, naked, and hanging from the rafters by his ankles.<\/p>\n<p>Latunski reportedly told police that he stabbed Bacon in the back with a knife and then slit his throat. He also allegedly told police that he wrapped rope around Bacon\u2019s ankles to hang him from the rafters and then cut off his testicles to eat later.<\/p>\n<p>Latunski pleaded guilty to open murder in September and faced a rare degree hearing this week to determine whether he was guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or manslaughter. On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Matthew J. Stewart ruled that Latunksi was guilty of first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court finds that this is a crime of cold calculation,\u201d Stewart said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2022\/10\/judge-finds-mark-latunski-guilty-of-first-degree-murder.html\">according to MLive<\/a>. \u201cKevin Bacon\u2019s death was Mark Latunski\u2019s design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latunski also pleaded guilty to one felony count of mutilation of a body. Because he pleaded guilty to open murder, a degree hearing was required, which used evidence from the case to determine to what degree of homicide Latunski was guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Shiawassee County Prosecutor Scott Koerner argued during the hearing that Latunski could have reconsidered killing Bacon at any time, but decided to go ahead with the murder. Koerner also brought up Latunski\u2019s admissions to law enforcement, which included details about buying a dehydrator to make jerky out of Bacon\u2019s corpse and his intention to make bone meal out of Bacon\u2019s bones.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting has shown that Bacon may have had a \u201cdark side,\u201d according to someone who knew him who spoke to Fox 2, and may have been aware of Latunski\u2019s violent sexual fetish, but it has been emphasized that Bacon likely got in over his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what Kevin wanted. Kevin wanted a fetish,\u201d Koerner said during the hearing, according to MLive. \u201cHe wanted to be protected. He wanted to make sure he was going to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latunski\u2019s attorney, Mary Chartier, argued that her client did not premeditate the murder, citing the fact that Latunski invited police into his home knowing Bacon was hanging from the ceiling in the basement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA person in Mr. Latunski\u2019s shoes, in his mindset, has to have fully evaluated the consequences of the killing,\u201d Chartier argued.<\/p>\n<p>She also pointed to text messages between Latunski and Bacon where her client asked if the victim had any medical issues that could interfere with their fetish play, arguing that showed Latunski didn\u2019t plan to kill Bacon.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, however, disagreed, and ruled that Latunski was guilty of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Michigan man who pleaded guilty to murder and the mutilation of a dead body will spend the rest of his life in prison. Mark Latunski, 53, pleaded guilty on September 22, just three weeks before his trial was supposed to start, Fox 2 Detroit reported. 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