Head of UCLA Cadaver Program Is Arrested

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 3/8/04

[Born Conservative]

LOS ANGELES (AP)--The man who oversees the cadaver program at the University of California, Los Angeles, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of grand theft, but authorities would not say what he is accused of stealing.

Henry Reid, director of the willed body program, was taken into custody at his Anaheim home by the UC Police Department, following an investigation that has reportedly focused on whether employees stole and sold body parts from cadavers donated to the university's medical school.

UCLA said in a statement that the investigation is continuing and ``more arrests are likely,'' but provided no further details.

Reid, who was put on leave in the past two weeks, was being held on $20,000 bail, said Deputy David Cervantes of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

UCLA said one other employee had also been placed on leave, but did not identify that person.

Reid's home and a nearby shed were searched by UC police investigators and the university would seek felony charges against him, said Nancy Greenstein, director of police community services for the UCLA Police Department.

Reid was hired by UCLA in 1997 to revamp the willed body program after a 1996 lawsuit in which relatives of people whose bodies had been donated sued the medical school...

[billorites]

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd druther have ";em"; cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get ";em"; out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

[woofer]

Sounds like somebody did a "gold tooth" inventory and came up a few molar short of a plate.

[Pharmboy]

That is an unfortunate HEADline under the circumstances...

[Dacus943]

If true... lets all hope he gets a STIFF sentence!!!

[FreedomFarmer]

It takes guts to steal body parts.

A booming bait shop on the bay bump.

[FreedomFarmer]

A man rushes into a vetenarian practice, carrying the limp and lifeless body of his beloved pet gopher.
The vet rushes him back to an examination room and has him put the gopher down on the examination table.
The vet examines the still, limp body and after a few moments, tells the man that his pet, regrettably is dead.
The man, clearly upset and not willing to accept the obvious, demands a second opinion. So the vet goes into the back room and comes out with a Black Labrador.
The dog sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks at the vet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the Lab thinks he's is dead too."
The man is still unwilling to accept that his beloved pet is dead. So the vet brings in a Siamese cat and puts the cat down next to the gopher's body.
The Siamese sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, poking and sniffing the gopher's body and finally looks at the vet and meows. The vet looks at the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the Siamese thinks he's dead, too."
The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, "$650.00."
"$650.00 just to tell me that he's dead?!" exclaims the man.
"Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you $50.00 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600.00 was for the Cat Scan and the Lab Tests."

[sine_nomine]

He was truly a man of parts.

[Johnny_Cipher]

"Who delivered the medical school cadavers to the
alumni dinner? Every Halloween the trees are filled with
undewear. Every spring the toilets ... explode."

[pax_et_bonum]

From "50 Fun Things to do in an Elevator":

26. Walk on with a cooler that says "Human Head" on the side.

[FreedomFarmer]

...an ongoing, substantial investigation...

It wasn't a dead givaway.

[brityank]

Does he stutter?

;^)

[Consort]

...."Bring out your dead."

[Lokibob]

Please, have a HEART.

[FreedomFarmer]

I was just going to rib him a little...

[tet68]

Oh NO, not another "Deadhead" thread!

[Lokibob]

Not sure I can stomach this thread.

We sure KNEEd a life.

[.cnI redruM]

Hey, it's not like those guys needed their internal organs....

My Graduate Alma Mater does me proud once more...

[mhking]

Parts is parts...

Just damn.

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[King Prout]

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