Marc Sappington

Marc Sappington
Born
Marc Vincent Sappington

(1978-02-09) February 9, 1978 (age 46)
Other namesThe Kansas City Vampire
Criminal statusIncarcerated
MotiveSchizophrenia
Conviction(s)First degree murder (4 counts)
Aggravated robbery
Aggravated burglary
Kidnapping
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment
Details
DateMarch 16-April 10, 2001
CountryUnited States
State(s)Kansas
Killed4
WeaponsKnives and guns

Marc Vincent Sappington (born February 9, 1978) is an American spree killer and cannibal convicted of murdering four acquaintances in March and April 2001 in Kansas City, Kansas.[1][2] He gained notoriety for eating part of the leg of one of his victims, Alton "Fred" Brown.[3]

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 told him to eat flesh and blood or he would die.[1]

Sappington was convicted on June 23, 2004, of murdering Terry T. Green, 25, Michael Weaver Jr., 22, and Alton "Fred" Brown Jr., 16 in April 2001.[1] Sappington was convicted on December 10, 2004, of an attempted aggravated robbery and murder of David Mashak at his auto dealership in March 2001.[2] Sappington's conviction was affirmed by the Kansas Supreme Court on November 2, 2007.[4]

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.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Draper, Bill (23 July 2004). "Man suspected of eating victim convicted of three murders counts". Associated Press.
  2. ^ a b (no byline) (10 December 2004). "Another life sentence for Kansas man convicted in four murders". Associated Press.
  3. ^ McGraw, Seamus (13 August 2004). "Friends for Dinner". Stuff Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Disclaimer". kdocrepository.doc.ks.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-12.