Man in Philly Found Dead.....MISSING HEART, LIVER LUNGS

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 3-01-03 | Sam Wood

[yay]

(snipped) ...The man - described as black, 5-foot-7
 and about 30- to 40-years-old - was found in an
 abandoned rowhouse in North Philadelphia. He had been
 sliced from his neck to the base of his stomach. His
 heart, liver and one of his lungs, had been neatly
 removed. A rope was found around his neck and his face
 was frozen, police said.

[octobersky]

Not to mention, they'd have to know his "blood type"...I wonder if this guy visits blood donation sites?

What an angle! If proven to pan out it will unfortunately have a devastating effect on blood drives.

[sheik yerbouty]

Obeah..

[Slainte]

hhmmmmm...presumably a suicide!

You just reminded me of Douglas Adams' book "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"

[Interesting Times]

Is he okay?

[octobersky]

LOL!

[octobersky]

LOL!

[Davea]

Sounds like a ritual murder.

[SonnyBubba]

Don't eat any PhillySteak sandwiches anytime soon.

[TLBSHOW]

Sounds like someone I don't want to run into without protection!

[sheik yerbouty]

I sure won't have any in Philly!

[Gun142]

He's been field dressed; off to the taxidermist?

[Domestic Church]

Santaria voodoo is a very good guess but there are plenty of hospitals that could do a ($cha-ching$)transplant just south and north of that spot. Medicine is so compromised these days.

[dogbyte12]

Sounds like someone I don't want to run into without protection!

Here ya go TLB. I don't know how it will help though ;)

[A_perfect_lady]

Yes, the first most obvious surmise is organ theft. The second, IMHO, is some supernatural cultishness.

[strela]

Man, them Philly loansharks are brutal.

[ohmage]

Or they're serving 'delicacies' in the vicinity of 10th & Race.

[MississippiMan]

This looks to be real. Click the link.

MM

[annyokie]

It does, indeed. Philly is a scary place,full of scary people. Ira Einhorn, et al. Germantown, Kensington, North side, too many to mention.

I wasn't being smart-alecky. It just sounded too X-Files for me.

[thathamiltonwoman]

Sounds like voodoo to me.

[KnutCase]

You saw that South Park episode too? Funny one.