College Student Charged With Cutting Up Roommate Before Eating His Heart & Brain

Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Maryland man has been jailed after he allegedly confessed to murdering a man - then eating his heart and portions of his brain.

According to the Hartford County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to a residence shared by Kinyua and his brother after the brother opened two tins in the home's basement and discovered a human head and two human hands.

Investigators served a search warrant on the home, recovering human remains which were later identified as Kujoe Agyei-Kodie. The victim reportedly lived with the two men for several months until he was reported missing on Friday.

Detectives interviewed Kinyua, who allegedly confessed to murdering the victim.

Kinyua, an electrical engineering student at Morgan State University, told police that he cut up the victim with a knife, ate the man's heart and portions of his brain. More body parts were discovered in a dumpster a few blocks away from the residence.

Kinyua was booked into jail and charged with first-degree murder. He remains held without bail.