Iowa court: Exhume body so head can be frozen

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/14/10 | Michael J. Crumb - ap

[NormsRevenge]

DES MOINES, Iowa – The siblings of a man who died more than a year ago must exhume his body so his head can be cut off and cryogenically frozen, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled.

The court sided this week with Alcor Life Extension Foundation, which sought to dig up the remains of 81-year-old Orville Richardson of Burlington. Richardson had signed a contract with Alcor in 2004 and paid $53,500 to have his head placed in cryonic suspension after his death.

When he died in February 2009, Richardson's brother and sister buried him instead, having told him earlier that they would have nothing to do with his plan, court records show.

Alcor learned of Richardson's death two months afterward, when his brother, David Richardson, asked the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company to refund the money already paid.

[mylife]

A little late!

[FlingWingFlyer]

ROTFL!!! Some people will do ANYTHING to get their cut.

[Ann Archy]

jeez louise....stupid court ruling.....stupid idea of Orville’s also.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Sounds like a 1960’s horror movie.

[chris_bdba]

I thought things like that were only done before embalming?

[mylife]

On the other hand, who knows?
They reanimated Orville Redenbacher.

[tet68]

Man, is he going to be pissed when they bring him back.
“You brought me back like THIS????”

[Responsibility2nd]

This fool paid Alcor Life Extension Foundation $53,500 so they could have his head?

Why would they want it? If he paid them that kind of money he must have kept it pretty far up his a$$.

[trisham]

Not to be insensitive, but isn’t it a wee bit too late?

[GeronL]

The head is rotted and the brains have likely been easten mostly

[bytesmith]

You can’t make this stuff up. What a wierd case.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[lurk]

Now there’s a job I want: cutting the head off an old dude who’s been melting for a year.

Bring lots of air freshener.

[hoosierham]

Not a decent brain in any "body" involved in this farce.

[mylife]

"Brains! Must East Brains"!

[RichInOC]

FAIL

[donhunt]

For 53 grand I’ll stick his head in my freezer downstairs next to Aunt Tilly.

[tumblindice]

They preferred the 53K over getting a head. Go figure.

[dfwgator]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.