| Marc Sappington | |
| Birthname: | Marc Vincent Sappington |
| Alias: | The Kansas City Vampire |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1978 |
| Date: | March 16-April 10, 2001 |
| Fatalities: | 4 |
| Weapons: | Knives and guns |
| Country: | United States |
| States: | Kansas |
| Sentence: | Life imprisonment |
| Motive: | Schizophrenia |
| Conviction: | First degree murder (4 counts) Aggravated robbery Aggravated burglary Kidnapping |
| Criminal Status: | Incarcerated |
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.
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.Sappington was convicted on December 10, 2004, of an attempted aggravated robbery and murder of David Mashak at his auto dealership in March 2001. 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.