Chilling 911 calls made by two men who escaped from accused cannibal’s home

Two frantic 911 calls made months apart reveal the panic of two men who were chained up in the basement of Michigan chemist Mark Latunski, who has since been accused of killing and eating his Grindr date. 

Latunski, 50, was arrested last month and charged with murder after police found 25-year-old Kevin Bacon’s naked body hanging upside down from the ceiling in his Shiawassee County home.

Latunski told officers that after he stabbed Bacon in the back and slit his throat with a knife.

He then used the murder weapon to cut off the victim’s testicles and eat them, police say. 

Kevin Bacon

Mark Latunski, 50 (left), who is accused of murdering and partially cannibalizing Kevin Bacon (right) in December, on two prior occasions had men escape his home in terror  

In October and November 2019, a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old man called 911 saying Latunski had chained them up in the basement of his Michigan home (pictured)

In October and November 2019, a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old man called 911 saying Latunski had chained them up in the basement of his Michigan home (pictured)  

Two to three months before the Christmas Eve murder, two different men dialed 911 in terror, saying they escaped from Latunski’s basement.  

Multiple local news outlets, including The Flint Journal-Mlive, have obtained the 911 calls through Freedom of Information Act requests. 

On October 10, 2019, a 40-year-old man visiting Michigan on business from New York contacted the county emergency dispatch office in a panic, saying he was running away from Latunski’s house.

‘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 male said.

The caller explained to the dispatcher that he ran into Latunski at the Flint bus station that night. 

‘I met this guy. I’m Bi. He’s cute. He hit on me. I don’t know we went out to the car and talked. We went to the store, had a soda. I woke up in the basement,’ he said. ‘He seemed like a nice guy.’

The man told the 911 operator that he used a butcher knife he found in the basement to cut a leather strap restraining his ankles, which was connected to a chain, and then fled on foot. 

The caller noted that he held onto the knife as he escaped because he feared Latunski was after him, but he promised to drop it upon seeing police. 

‘I don’t trust that he’s not walking up because I got lost and I don’t know if I’m headed towards his house or not. That’s why I’m dialing 911,’ he added.

The first caller said he met Latunski at a bus station, drank a soda with him and somehow ended up at his residence, from which he escaped with the help of a butcher knife

The first caller said he met Latunski at a bus station, drank a soda with him and somehow ended up at his residence, from which he escaped with the help of a butcher knife

The visitor from New York stayed on the phone for 10 minutes, repeatedly and emphatically telling the dispatcher that he did not wish to press charges against Latunski, whose name he did not know, and only wished to go home.

‘Just get me the hell out of here so I can go home,’ he said near tears.   

When troopers finally tracked him down, the relief in the man’s voice as heard on the call is almost palpable. 

The second caller fled Latunski's (above) home in November wearing only a leather kilt, which apparently belonged to the suspect

The second caller fled Latunski’s (above) home in November wearing only a leather kilt, which apparently belonged to the suspect 

‘I’m just really happy to see you!’ he cries out. 

Michigan State Police has confirmed that at around 2.30am that morning, troopers gave the man a ride to a local gas station. 

In a confounding twist, the 40-year-old New Yorker called Latunski and returned to his home, where he stayed for two or three days, according to the police. no charges were ever filed in that case.  

On November 25, 2019, a 29-year-old man dialed 911 to report that he was running away from Latunski’s home.

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

The man said he was not from the area and was lost and fearful that Latuski was coming for him. 

‘He’s after me,’ the caller exclaims. 

At the dispatcher’s suggestion, the man begins knocking on neighbors’ doors asking for help. 

Homeowner Michael Parks ultimately opened his front door to find the man standing barefoot and wearing only a leather kilt.

Troopers pulled into Parks’ driveway the same time as Latunski, who arrived to retrieve the kilt, which was said to be expensive and belonged to him.

Like in the October incident, the 29-year-old man declined to file charges against Latunski, telling police their activity was consensual.    

Kevin Bacon’s body was found inside Latunski’s Bennington Township home on December 28, four days after he was last seen alive. 

Bacon’s roommate, Michelle Myer, told police she last saw him alive on the evening of December 24 as he was leaving their home to meet up with a man he’d met on the mobile dating app, Grindr, before completely vanishing.

The man he was venturing off to meet, it would later be revealed, was Latunksi – and new court documents obtained by Michigan Live reveal the horrifying fate awaiting the 25-year-old hairstylist when he stepped inside the suspect’s home.

Michigan State Police received a call for assistance from Clayton Township Police Department to conduct a welfare check for Bacon inside Latunksi’s home on December 28, after receiving a tip he may be inside.

Latunski has been charged with open murder and mutilation of a human body

Bacon, 25, met the suspect on Grindr

Latunski has been charged with open murder and mutilation of a human body for the slaughter of Kevin Bacon (right)

Officers then conducted an interview with the 50-year-old, who agreed to let them carry out a search of the home after reportedly admitting to killing Bacon and eating parts of his body.  

Divorce, custody and criminal records also reveal an extensive history of complaints about Latunski’s health.

The one-time chemist and father-of-four was known to have stopped taking the medication prescribed to treat his various mental health illnesses, according to records from the 66th District and 35th Circuit courts.

A motion filed by his ex-wife Emily Latunski to suspend visitation rights to his children on August 22 says the suspect had previously been diagnosed with major depression, paranoid schizophrenia and traits of a personality disorder in 2010 and 2012.

Latunski’s estranged husband of three years, Jamie Arnold, told MLive he wasn’t aware of his ex-partner’s mental illnesses until July, when he was arrested for failing to pay child support. 

Latunski is being held without bond in the Shiawassee County Jail. Earlier this month, a judge ordered him to undergo a series of mental health evaluations, which could take up to three months.  

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