Marc Sappington
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Marc V. Sappington (b. 1979) is an American serial killer convicted of murdering four acquaintances in March and April of 2001 in Kansas City, Kansas. He gained notoriety for eating part of the leg of one of his victims, Alton Brown[citation needed] .
Lawyers for Sappington blamed the four-day killing spree on a history of schizophrenia and daily use of the hallucinogenic drug PCP. Sappington himself claimed that voices in his head which told him to eat flesh and blood or he would die[citation needed] .
Sappington was convicted on 23 June, 2004 of murdering Terry T. Green, 25, Michael Weaver Jr., 22, and Alton "Fred" Brown Jr., 16 in April 2001. Sappington was convicted on 10 December, 2004 of an attempted aggravated robbery and murder of David Mashak at his auto dealership in March 2001.
In an April 2001 videotape, Sappington had confessed to stabbing Weaver to death, leaving Green's body in a car, and shooting Brown, before dismembering his body and eating a small piece of his leg.
Sappington is currently serving four consecutive life sentences.
[edit] References
- Draper, Bill. Associated Press 23 April 2004. "Man suspected of eating victim convicted of three murders counts."
- (no byline) Associated Press 10 December 2004. "Another life sentence for Kansas man convicted in four murders"
