Posted on 10/24/2015 8:12:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES, An organ donation organization confirmed a human leg was stolen from one of its tissue transport vans while it was parked outside a Los Angeles restaurant.
OneLegacy, a nonprofit that provides organ transportation for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, confirmed the cooler containing the leg was stolen from the unmarked van about 5 a.m. Monday while employees of the organization dined at the Original Pantry Cafe.
"OneLegacy regrets the loss of the opportunity to fulfill the donor family's wish to heal and save lives with this donation," OneLegacy Chief Executive Tom Mone said in a statement provided to CBS Los Angeles. "[OneLegacy] is reviewing its security procedures to identify ways in which we can prevent such occurrences in the future."
CBS Los Angeles said the leg was wrapped up and the thieves may not have known they were taking a human body part.
The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said it is investigating the theft.
Mark Fajardo, the county's chief medical examiner-coroner, said he is looking into the possibility that information about the theft was leaked to the public by someone in his office.
"As it stands today, we do not know who 'leaked' the information, but it appears at face value to be one of my employees," Fajardo said in a letter to the county Board of Supervisors.
Fajardo said the probe is ongoing.
"Whether the leg turns up, I do not know," he told the Los Angeles Times.
Cops don’t have a leg to stand on.
This story is preposterous.
Stolen from ONELEGacy? You can’t make this stuff up.
My guess is they would use veins or arteries or other tissue from it.
“So they have a leg ready for transplant, and instead of rushing it to the patient, they take a break to eat?”
Exactly.
Wait til you’ve delivered it to eat.
TAINTED MEEEEAAAAT!!! YOU’RE EATING TAINTED MEEEEAAAAAT!
Oh lordy! LOL! I always wondered what was in that stuff!
Maybe they were going to harvest skin for a burn victim?
bone marrow is my guess
I think he has a leg up on us.
The donor was an “Abby Normal”.
CC
Someone making a lamp?
Love, Jean Shepard
Look in Sir Paul McCartney’s boot!
After Heather Mills’ ex, I thought of Totie Fields at the 1975 MDA Telethon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=velqgpw6PTY
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