Md. man accused of cannibalism ranted on Facebook

JOPPATOWNE, Md. (AP) ? The college student suspected of killing and eating parts of a man staying at his home ranted months ago about "mass human sacrifices" on Facebook, one of several details that emerged Friday in the second gruesome case of alleged cannibalism in the U.S. in a week.

Authorities say Alex Kinyua, 21, admitted using a knife to kill and carve up Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, 37, before eating his heart and parts of his brain. The older man had been staying with the Kinyua family for about six weeks at their townhouse in the Baltimore suburb of Joppatowne.

The remains have been positively identified as Agyei-Kodie's and a relative in the United States has been notified, according to sheriff's office spokeswoman Monica Worrell. No other charges have been filed against anyone else, she said.

Both the victim and his alleged killer had attended nearby Morgan State University, a historically black university in Baltimore. Kinyua had just finished his junior year, and Agyei-Kodie was a graduate student who last attended classes in 2008. Both men were also originally from Africa; Kinyua, a U.S. citizen, moved from Kenya as a child and Agyei-Kodie was from Ghana.

Investigators haven't given a possible motive in the slaying. In a separate case on May 19, police said Kinyua beat a man with a baseball bat on Morgan State's campus, fracturing his skull and making him lose sight in one eye. Kinyua was free on $220,000 bail in that case. He is now being held without bond on a murder charge.

Kinyua, an electrical engineering student, had a very good GPA and had enough credits to be a senior in the fall, according to university spokesman Clinton Coleman. He could not comment on the May incident, but noted the university has a zero-tolerance policy toward violence and a student in such a situation would likely be suspended or expelled.

No students or faculty had approached the school with concerns about Kinyua, Coleman said.

In February, Kinyua posted a question on Facebook, asking fellow students at historically black colleges and universities if they were "strong enough to endure ritual HBCU mass human sacrifices around the country and still be able to function as human beings?"

He referred to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech and "other past university killings around the country" and warned "ethnic cleansing is the policy, strategy and tactics that will affect you, directly or indirectly in the coming months."

Kinyua wrote on his page that he attended Morgan State and was a member of an ROTC-affiliated military honor society at the university, the National Society of Pershing Rifles. ROTC is a college-based U.S. military program that allows students to be commissioned as officers when they graduate. The page was linked to an Internet radio show called Warrior Syndicate Radio, which displayed a photo of Kinyua in green-and-white face paint. A Twitter account linked to him also had nonsensical and repetitive Tweets that ended in February.

Lt. Col. James Lewis, a professor of military science at Morgan State and the head of the ROTC program, said Friday that Kinyua participated in ROTC for 2? years but was "disenrolled" in January. He could not say why.

James Holt, a friend of the victim for about 10 years, told The Associated Press that Agyei-Kodie had met Antony Kinyua, the father of his alleged killer, while pursuing a doctoral degree. Antony Kinyua is a physics lecturer at Morgan State.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Agyei-Kodie came to the United States on a student visa but was not in compliance with the visa's terms. He was ordered removed from the country by an immigration judge in 2010 and was under ICE's supervision pending removal to Ghana. The agency had been waiting for documents from Ghana before returning him to the country.

Holt said the Kinyua family took in Agyei-Kodie when he hadn't worked for three years and was trying to re-establish his life.

"Dr. Kinyua was extremely kind in taking Kujoe into his house while Kujoe got his feet back under him." Holt said. "And I think Kujoe was on his way to re-establishing his educational status and completing his Ph.D. when this happened."

Authorities went to the Kinyua home Tuesday after Kinyua's brother found what he thought were human remains in two metal tins in the family's basement. Investigators found what they believe are Agyei-Kodie's head and hands. More remains were found outside a church about a mile away.

A woman who answered the door at the family's townhouse Friday morning said the family would not be commenting.

Daniel Ziolkowski, who lives two doors down from the Kinyuas, was mowing his lawn Saturday morning when he noticed Alex Kinyua trimming the bushes with a machete. He didn't look angry, but Ziolkowski said he had never seen that before.

Later, Ziolkowski's wife, Kathy, said police dug up the bushes during an extensive investigation at the home by police.

She said Alex Kinyua's high school-aged brother told her that he went downstairs to do laundry and noticed something was off. That's when he discovered the head and body parts, she said.

"He looked at me and said 'He brought shame to the family. You're going to be hearing about this for the next 10 years,'" she said.

The Ziolkowkis said the Kinyua family has always been friendly, but mostly kept to themselves.

"They're a very nice family. This is just such a shock. Very shocking and gruesome," she said.

Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane, who has been with the office for 40 years, described the area as a quiet and semi-rural community. He said the county has had some gruesome investigations in the past but never an incident of cannibalism.

The Maryland attack came a few days after authorities said a man in Miami chewed away another man's face along a busy highway and wouldn't stop until an officer shot him to death. Witnesses say 31-year-old Rudy Eugene growled at the officer and continued to chew. The victim, identified as 65-year-old Ronald Poppo, a homeless man who lived under the causeway, was in critical condition and will be permanently disfigured.

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Associated Press photographer Patrick Semansky in Bel Air, Md., and reporters Alex Dominguez in Baltimore and Jessica Gresko in Washington contributed to this report.

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Wi-Fi network names reveal Obama sentiments in your city

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When you set up your home's wireless router, you might pick a name like "Devin's Place,"?or just?leave it as the default -- or maybe you'll use it as an opportunity to advertise your political leanings. "Voteobama," for instance, or perhaps "obamasux." OpenSignalMaps, a service that tracks and maps Wi-Fi signals, tracked routers being used for this purpose all over the country; you can?see who's waving their Obama flag in your city using their interactive map.

Their database has nearly 75 million Wi-Fi access points mapped, and somewhat surprisingly, less than a thousand of those expressed some political leaning, or at least one that mentions the President.

There is a regional bias, though it's not so strong as one might expect. New York is fairly pro-Obama:

While southern Florida is far more negative:

The breakdown was more or less even when accounting for errors, such as the erroneous labeling of a Wi-Fi name as positive when it is in fact negative, and that sort of thing. Internationally, there was much more of a net positive in Obama mentions.

The blog post also contains a snapshot of Buenos Aires, where there are scores of Wi-Fi names that support the president of Argentina, Cristina?Fernandez de Kirchner, and hundreds more that may refer to her (but are just as likely, perhaps, to belong to someone named Cristina):

Of course, it is a rather rough and crude method, but fun nevertheless. No one would use it for a serious indicator of the partisan status of any particular city or region, but such highly public displays of political views are still interesting.

You can explore the Obama and?Cristina maps over at OpenSignalMaps' blog post.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

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Foreclosures Fall To 5-Year Low | Kris Anderson Real Estate Blog

Foreclosures April 2012

Foreclosures filings fell 5 percent between March and April of this year, and by 11 percent as compared to one year ago. The data comes from RealtyTrac. The foreclosure-tracking firm tallied fewer than 189,000 foreclosure-related actions last month ? the fewest number since July 2007.

Rapidly-declining foreclosure figures are another signal that the U.S. housing market may already be in recovery.

According to RealtyTrac?s methodology, a ?foreclosure filing? is any one of the following foreclosure-related events : (1) A default notice on a home; (2) A scheduled auction for a home; or, (3) A bank repossession of a home.

All three showed improvement in April :

  • Default Notices were down 4% from March 2012
  • Scheduled Auctions were down 4% from March 2012
  • Bank Repossessions were down 7% from March 2012

Furthermore, April?s bank repossessions figure is notable. With just 51,415 homes reclaimed by banks, last month?s total represents a 26 percent drop from April 2011, and is the 18th consecutive month during which bank repossessions fell. This figure suggests that banks are seeking alternatives to foreclosure, including loan modifications and short sales, when appropriate.

Indeed, the National Association of REALTORS? reports that 11 percent of April?s?home resales were short sales.

Whether you?re a first-time home buyer or an experienced one, homes in various stages of foreclosure can be alluring. They?re readily available and often come cheap as compared to non-distressed properties. However, make sure to look beyond just the ?list price?. Foreclosed homes are often sold as-is. This means that the property could be run-down or rife with defects that render it uninhabitable and/or un-lendable. ?

If you plan to buy a foreclosed property in Fountain Hills , therefore, engage an experienced real estate professional. You can learn a lot about how foreclosures work by doing research on the internet, but when it comes to writing contracts and checking homes for defects, you?ll want an experienced agent on your side.

Posted by Kris Anderson on May 30, 2012

http://krisandersonrealestateblog.com/2012/05/foreclosures-april-2012/

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Infosys BPO won the Outsourcing Excellence Award 2012 in the ?Best New Process/Application? category, recognizing the company?s strong relationship with its client Rio Tinto. The Outsourcing Excellence Awards are presented by the Outsourcing Center, the premier online community specializing in thought leadership, best practices, and innovation in outsourcing.

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