Family Sues After Man's Head Found in Shed

abc ^ | 12/27/03

[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.

[HairOfTheDog]

"A star shines on the hour of our meeting"

It's elvish... ;~D

[patton]

Well, just damn, I thought I was an idiot for a moment there.

[Squantos]

"Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo Gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum."

Stay Safe !

[Tijeras_Slim]

Think Travis is having a good time? It's -2 in Taos. Hope he dressed warmer than most of the San Diego I know who visit.

[csvset]

There once was a man named Osie
Who wanted to donate his body
I'll help science you see
But alas unfortunately
When they found his head
Stored in a shed
He'd become an oddity.

[patton]

WHAT kind of milk, again?

[Squantos]

"Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake."

There goes your backup career mister !!!.........:o)

Stay Safe !

[TheRightGuy]

lawsuit after learning their father's embalmed head was kept in a tool shed for nearly 11 years.

The children were drawn to the tool shed when they heard strains of the old tune "I Ain't Got Nobody" emanating from the structure.

[Squantos]

Do they even put heaters in cars in San Diego ?? Maybe he's got his tounge stuck to the spoon at a resturant up there if it's that cold.

Damn'n dang ....supposed to be 15 here tonight with 40 mph winds with 50 mph gusts. Gonna be a 4 dog night fer sure !

I stopped going to Taos when I had to pay the local blanket ass to take his picture. That and trying to get past all the bicycle racers that think they have the right to ride 6 abreast down a frigging highway and can't seem to understand why after following em for 12 damn miles at 12 damn miles per hour has pissed me off just a bit. Taos..... hot , cold, wet or dry sucks......nest of environazis and and and and.....never mind. I just won't go there !

Stay Safe Slim !

[patton]

my L SQI is for GM

[Tijeras_Slim]

Taos falls under Slim's catagory of never visit a town that's learned to dress up as itself.

I raced bikes for about 15 years, and my philosophy was "ride so you don't piss off the guys in the cars." Only got hit once in all that time, and that was by a motorcyclist on Isleta Blvd. (don't ask why I was riding there...)

[Squantos]

Here also......I never raced but burned the wheels off Schwinn Varsity and Contentinals and now cruise on my Trek around the neighborhood. Go get some groceries and check the mail and have dinner in my small ville on it all the time. I have rode my Schwinns from Michigan to DC.... Colorado to Texas, and all over Europe but I understood mass , inertia and such early on after getting into a argument with a coal truck on Cheat Mountain in West VA.

Those were good old days......:o)...........Stay safe !

[Tijeras_Slim]

Varsities and Continentals... Heavy but indestructible, I always figured roaches would be riding them after the bombs fell.

[StriperSniper]

[Squantos]

Hey in my day they were "state of the art" for my budget !! There were Puegots though.....?? Sure would like to find a good old Schwinn Varsity for tooling around the streets of poohville........;o)

Stay Safe Slim !