Bloody Elbow · Apr 6, 2022
MMA veteran Cedric Marks unsuccessfully challenges start date for double murder trial
Cedric ‘Spider-Man’ Marks, an MMA veteran, shown in a mugshot taken by Kent County Jail in Kent County, Michigan.[CW: The following story discusses alleged domestic abuse, harassment, and murder]
Cedric Marks, a veteran of over 50 MMA fights, is currently awaiting trial on two counts of homicide. Marks is accused of killing his former girlfriend Jenna Scott and her friend Michael Swearingin, who were both found in shallow graves near Clearview, OK in January 2019.
Marks risks the possibility of a death sentence if found guilty of these murders. Despite that, Marks has decided to represent himself at trial.