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Family Sues After Man's Head Found in Shed
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| 12/27/03
Posted on 12/27/2003 1:57:33 PM PST by knak
Children Sue Medical Center After Learning Dad's Embalmed Head Was in Tool Shed for 11 Years
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Dec. 27 The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning their father's embalmed head was kept in a tool shed for nearly 11 years.
The head of Osie K. Whitten, who died Dec. 24, 1990, of colon cancer, was among 150 pounds of human cadaver parts allegedly removed from the medical center at the University of California, Davis, by a former autopsy assistant.
David Lawrence Beale, who worked for Pathology Support Services Inc., which managed the medical center's morgue and autopsy service, was arrested last summer after the remains were found among his belongings.
He pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving stolen property and possession of methamphetamines. Police say Beale told them he used the remains to hone his dissection skills.
The medical center, Beale and Pathology Support Services were named in the lawsuit filed by Whitten's children.
The medical center said it could not comment; it previously said it had changed the way human remains are handled. Pathology Support Services said Beale's activities were not part of his job.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: leftbehind; strange
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To: Lockbar
it wasn't a funeralhome, it was a creamatorium?? the guy was getting paid to cremate bodies but instead was sending back urns with cement dust and other stuff in them.
not sure of the final outcome.
To: patton
you have a happy new year, take care.
62
posted on
12/27/2003 10:11:08 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Charles Henrickson
While Osie did lie there in state
his corpse his kin did donate;
It's too bad his head
wound up in a shed --
A horrible fate for a pate!
63
posted on
12/28/2003 12:44:47 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Holder of an M.A. Degree in The Obvious)
To: Lazamataz
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Alas, poor Osie! I knew him, Lazzy, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy... |
64
posted on
12/28/2003 1:18:09 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Holder of an M.A. Degree in The Obvious)
To: cajun-jack
You are correct Jack, now as I remember, it was a crematorium. Still a weird story. Its a prime example of one of those stories that makes front page news for 5-6 days, and than completely disappears off the radar screen.
65
posted on
12/28/2003 3:46:08 AM PST
by
Lockbar
To: patton
Jedem Tierchen Sein Plasierchen.Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis habes.
:~D
To: going hot
Happy new year.
67
posted on
12/28/2003 7:08:39 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: Lockbar
Hasn't gone to trial yet. Lawyers arguing venue.
68
posted on
12/28/2003 7:10:08 AM PST
by
DefCon
To: HairOfTheDog
Gracias Deus veneris est.
69
posted on
12/28/2003 7:10:18 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: patton
Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
To: HairOfTheDog
yes, they are. I am wearing a toga now.
71
posted on
12/28/2003 7:22:07 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: patton
~gulp~
To: HairOfTheDog
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat.
73
posted on
12/28/2003 7:25:18 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri?
74
posted on
12/28/2003 7:26:45 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: Squantos
There is a book, I forget the title, on what can happen with a human body after death. The author, a female, describes in detail some of the actions that are taken to a corpse. One incident I remember is her attending a convention of plastic surgeons. She was invited to see them practice a new procedure on facial surgery. She walked into the room and there were 40 heads in disposable aluminum roasting pans. Now every time I see the pans in the store I have to chuckle at the many uses they have.
75
posted on
12/28/2003 7:28:17 AM PST
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: knak
I don't see what the big deal is. He donated his body for research. It's not like he had any more use for it! LOL
76
posted on
12/28/2003 7:32:17 AM PST
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: patton
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem.
Heh....
To: HairOfTheDog
you are one sick puppy
78
posted on
12/28/2003 7:40:52 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
To: patton
Have a nice Sunday!
Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo!
That one is harder!
To: HairOfTheDog
I am stumped.
80
posted on
12/28/2003 7:49:57 AM PST
by
patton
(I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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