Hungary Arrests 30-Year-Old Hospital Orderly for Collecting Human Body Parts
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 23
Hungary Arrests 30-Year-Old Hospital Orderly for Collecting Human Body Parts
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 23
Summary
Budapest police arrested a 30-year-old hospital orderly on June 17 after receiving information that he was storing human body parts at work and at home.
Investigators say he collected remains from abandoned cemeteries in Hungary and Slovakia and may also have obtained body parts through his hospital job.
Police seized skulls, a complete lower leg, a hand, a facial reconstruction made from facial skin, bones in a suitcase, and a jarred heart whose origin is still being tested.
During questioning, the man admitted collecting the body parts and said he had prepared food from human remains and eaten them.
He is being held on suspicion of illegal use of human bodies, while forensic examinations could widen the case once the remains' origins are confirmed.