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Regardless of the thief, it does seem a little concerning that the chain of custody for actual human heads involves being left unattended in a random employee's
by np- 5y ago
Regardless of the thief, it does seem a little concerning that the chain of custody for actual human heads involves being left unattended in a random employee's car.
- sneak 5y agoThe world is not nearly as tightly controlled as one might think. Lots of stuff is just some normal person's job to not lose track of. Body parts are only super custody tracked when they are still viable lifesaving tools (ie organ transplant). Besides that they aren't a huge deal.
- dharmab 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy#Post-mortem_commercialization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy#Post-mortem_comm...
- kortilla 5y agoWhy? They aren’t going to escape.
- LadyCailin 5y agoWell, they clearly did that one time.
- dexterdog 5y agoOnce they've been relegated to the heap of experimentation they really don't need to be controlled that much. Oddly I would feel in some way violated if a loved one of mine had died and his/her head were in that box, but if it happened to my own head I would pay it no mind.
- dharmab 5y agoThere was a news splash several years ago about a body donation intended for Alzheimer's research which was used for military explosives testing: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodybrokers-industry/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-body...
- dexterdog 5y agoNow that is something I would sign on for
- s0rce 5y agoA lab I worked in while I was in college had a freezer with a bunch of human heads in it. pretty creepy.
- raxxorrax 5y agoI don't know, I wouldn't expect heads to be a popular target of thievery.