18 human heads found at O’Hare (claimed by crematory)

[Pinstripe power]

sounds like someone went overboard with a se7en prank

[Pierzynski4Prez]

Obviously for research purposes, but people just freaked out when they found out what it was and decided to make a big deal out of it. Sure this kind of thing happens regularly.

[the_jon]

I was wondering where I left my bag of human heads

[ATL#22]

were they zombie heads addressed to "The Governer", Woodbury?

also in the news, 200 chopped up bodies in trash bags were found at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Miami Metro... no foul play suspected

No way they found those

[abe_froman]

how the **** **** **** is NO FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED? That makes absolutely NO sense
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1...suspected.html

“They were properly preserved and tagged as human specimens,” said Tony Brucci, chief investigator for the medical examiner’s office.

you should probably read more than just the headline before freaking out

[Nomar]

That was property of Vicente Padilla

[Ezekial]

you should probably read more than just the headline before freaking out

This is America.

The Headline is all that needs to be read.

[fingerbang]

A relatively small amount of heads for such a large airport.

[grandsalami]

you should probably read more than just the headline before freaking out

when I posted it it did not have that....

[MagicHero3]

has anyone confirmed if any of the heads are going to testify in court?

[Johann]

No foul play?? Maybe they were legally chopped off in fair territory???

That's what I'm thinking. Kind of like the movie Terminal with Tom Hanks.

[HILLBILLYBLACK]

This sort of muckup at the airport is unacceptable.
Some heads are gonna roll!

[penuch]

It sounded ghoulish enough: a shipment of 18 frozen human heads discovered and seized by customs officials during routine X-ray screening of cargo arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Turns out the heads were used for medical research in Italy and were being returned for cremation in Illinois.

The holdup was due to a paperwork problem.

In the end, it turned out the shipment of three containers, which arrived in mid-December, was held up because of a mix-up with the paperwork and there was nothing suspicious about it or its destination.
The heads were originally sent from Illinois to a medical research facility in Rome and were returned to the Chicago area for disposal as part of the agreement for the order, Paleologos said.

On Tuesday, a cremation service arrived at the Medical Examiner's Office with paperwork for the specimens. Once federal authorities confirm the paperwork, the specimens will be turned over to the cremation service, she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/18-heads-found...181923611.html

Just a mix up in paperwork.

[bears88]

I like that they used specimen next to human.

[steelcityroller]

Like the local police here when they found an 80-year old man murdered on his property and then the next week uncovered a million dollar drug operation in the house nextdoor and said they weren't related....