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A 21-year-old electrical engineering student has been charged with first-degree murder after parts of a man�s dismembered body were found in his home a week after the man first went missing. Alexander Kinyua confessed to police that he also ate his roommate�s heart and portions of the brain after killing him in their Joppa, Maryland town home. This is the second deeply disturbing report of cannibalism to sweep the nation within a week. In the first, �Miami Cannibal� Rudy Eugene tore off and ate most of the face of down-and-out homeless man Ronald Poppo.The Hartford County Sheriff's office said they found the body parts while searching the town home on Terrapin Terrace in Joppa, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, after receiving a tip from Kinyua's father. Police also found a human head and hands in metal tins on the house�s main floor, the Baltimore Sun reported. According to charging documents, Kinyua admitted to eating Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie�s heart and part of his brain after stabbing him to death. Kinyua then directed police to Towne Baptist Church on Trimble Road, where they said they found the rest of Agyei-Kodie�s remains.The 37-year-old, who had been missing for almost a week, apparently shared a home with Kinyua, though other aspects of their relationship are not immediately clear. Kinyua�s father, Antony Kinyua, alerted a detective on Tuesday night, saying that his other son Jarrod discovered what appeared to be a human head and hands in two metal tins above the washing machine. Horrified, Jarrod Kinyua brought his father down to the basement where Antony said he saw Alexander Kinyu cleaning out the containers. Appearing in court, Kinyua�s defence attorney told the judge that the Kenyan-born student has strong ties to Maryland, with several family members in the area. However, Assistant State�s Attorney Trenna Manners said the man has had a troubled past and committed a grisly crime.