Cannibal who murdered and ate Grindr is sentenced to life in prison

Michigan cannibal, 52, who brutally murdered and ate the genitals of Grindr date Kevin Bacon, 25, on Christmas Even is sentenced to life in prison

• Mark Latunski, 52, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday for the murder of his Grindr date three years ago
• Kevin Bacon, 25, was killed and mutilated by Latunski on December 24, 2019 at the cannibal’s Bennington Township home 
• Latunski pleaded guilty in September to killing Bacon and eating one of his testicles after stabbing him in the back and slicing his throat  

A cannibal man who brutally murdered at ate the genitals of a college student was sentenced to life in prison. 

Mark Latunski, 52, appeared in front of a Michigan judge on Thursday for the murder of Kevin Bacon, 25, on December 24, 2019. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 

Latunski pleaded guilty in September to killing Bacon, who he met through the Grindr dating app, and eating parts of his body, including one testicle, at his Bennington Township home. 

Bacon’s body was discovered in the basement of Latunsku’s home on December 28 after his roommate told police he went to meet someone he met on the dating app.

His family reported him missing after he didn’t show up to Christmas breakfast.

Mark Latunski, 52, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday for the murder of his Grindr date three years ago

Kevin Bacon, 25, was killed and mutilated by Latunski on December 24, 2019 at the cannibal’s Bennington Township home 

Pam and Karl Bacon, appeared in court, and a prepared statement for Latunski was read on their behalf.

‘In your sick, twisted mind, you probably don’t think you did anything wrong,’ Hannah, Bacon’s mother, wrote. ‘This Christmas, I hope you suffer like we have.’ 

Karl, who filed the missing person report for Kevin when he didn’t show up to Christmas breakfast, previously said that he wants Latunski to rot in prison. 

Bacon, who was a University of Michigan-Flint student and hairstylist, was found by police hanging by his ankles from the rafters of Latunski’s home with a stab wound in his back and sliced throat.

Latunkski confessed to his crimes in front of prosecutors in September, including the events that led to Bacon’s death and the inhumane acts that occurred after when he ate a piece of his genitals. 

‘Did you use a knife to stab Mr. Bacon’ a prosecutor asked Latunski in September. ‘Did you know that stabbing Mr. Bacon with a knife would most certainly create a very high risk of death or great bodily harm to Mr. Bacon?’ 

To which Latunski responded: ‘Yes, I did.’ 

The cannibal admitted to have stabbed Bacon in the back and later cutting off his testicles and eating them in the kitchen. 

Latunski’s defense previously attempted to deem him mentally unfit to stand trial after undergoing months of psychiatric care at a hospital in Michigan, ABC 12 reported.

Latunski lived in Bennington Township home. Bacon was found in a secret room in the basement 

Latunski pleaded guilty in September to killing Bacon and eating one of his testicles after stabbing him in the back and slicing his throat. Pictured: Latunski in court on December 15 

Bacon’s family appeared in court, and a prepared statement for Latunski was read on their behalf

Bacon was found with a sliced throat and hanging upside down by his ankles

Latunski’s defense previously attempted to deem him mentally unfit to stand trial. He was seen in court on December 15

Latunski was seen being escorted from the Shiawassee County Courthouse

Latunski had several encounters with police leading up to Bacon’s death, including a few months before in October 2019, when a New York man called 911 after allegedly waking up in the cannibal’s basement.

The New York man had gotten away and 911 calls obtained by The Flint Journal-MLive reveal the plea for help.

‘I want you to know like I’ve never ever had anything like this happen. I don’t know if he drugged me. All is know is I ended up locked up in the f***ing basement, okay? Chained in the basement,’ the New York man said. 

It is unclear what occurred in this instance, but a month later police received another call about a different victim. 

Latunski had several encounters with police prior to his arrest for Bacon’s death but was never charged

The call came in on November 25, 2019. At the time, the man told police he had escaped Latunski’s house and feared he was going to be held against his will and chained up in his basement. 

‘I’m trying to get away from some creepy guy,’ the caller told the dispatcher. ‘He had me tied in his basement.’

On two separate occasions before Bacon’s death, men had escaped Latunski’s house 

Michael Parks, a neighbor of Latunski, ran into the unidentified victim while out on his front porch, according to Fox 2. 

The victim was covered in blood and had knocked on Parks door while attempting to escape Latunski.

‘He’s got purple hair, he’s wearing a leather skirt and he’s got a couple of belts across his chest,’ Park said. ‘This gentleman is grasping my arm with deathly fear [screaming] ‘help me, keep him away’ just screaming at the top of his lungs ‘he wants to hurt me, he wants to hurt me.’

‘Another vehicle pulls in my driveway and out comes, who I now find out is Mark, wearing a leather skirt, belts across his chest, no shoes, no shirt on, his beard is braided… very odd-looking gentleman.’

Police had stopped Latunski, who was wearing nothing but a kilt, during the chase but no charges were filed.

Latunski’s torture home was later sold in February 2020 to a women seeking to use it as a rental house. 

The home sold for $101,733.28 – $21,000 more than the asking price.

Records previously found that Latunski was married to a woman named Emily, whom he had two kids with.

Emily had filed to suspend Latunski’s visitation rights on August 22, 2019 and cited his diagnosis with major depression, paranoid schizophrenia and traits of a personality disorder in 2010 and 2012.

‘[Mark Latunski] has a history of mental illness and has been hospitalized in the Owosso Mental Stress unit … [and] has a history of going off his medication,’ the motion filed by Emily in 2019 stated. 

According to court records, Latunski also stopped taking his medication to treat his mental illnesses.

Latunski was also married to his ex-husband Jamie Arnold for three years before leaving him in September 2019. 

Arnold previously told M-Live that he wasn’t aware Latunski had a mental illness until July 2019 when he was arrested for not paying child support. 

‘To my knowledge, I couldn’t force him to see a therapist or take medication,’ Arnold said. ‘Never in a million years did I think he’d be capable of doing such a horrendous crime.’ 

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