Man arrested in Hungary for collecting human body parts taken from cemeteries, police say
Police say the orderly stored body parts from graves and his hospital job, and forensic experts will examine more than 100 seized remains.
- Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation arrested a 30-year-old hospital orderly in Budapest on June 17 for allegedly collecting human body parts stored at his workplace and home.
- Investigators suspect the man obtained remains through his hospital employment and by digging up bodies in abandoned cemeteries in Slovakia and Hungary, acting on a tip-off.
- During a search of his apartment, police seized skulls, a complete lower leg, a hand, and a human face reconstruction; the man admitted preparing food from the body parts.
- Held on suspicion of illegal use of human bodies, the suspect faces investigation while police analyze his seized computer, SIM cards, and data devices for digital evidence.
- Police noted the man is "passionate about anatomy and pathology." The range of alleged crimes may expand once forensic experts determine the origin of all seized items, including a heart in a jar.
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In an apartment in Budapest, the police find numerous human remains. A 30-year-old is said to have stolen the body parts from graves and hospitals and partly consumed them. He is investigated because of the suspicion of disturbance of the rest of the dead.
In Hungary, a man has been arrested who had collected a collection of human remains. During a search of his apartment, police found skulls, a complete lower leg, a hand, and a heart in a jar. It is still being investigated whether the latter is human. The police tracked down the 30-year-old man following a tip. He was apparently enthusiastic about his collection and regularly spoke about it with family and friends. He also took photos of his acq…
A hospital worker in the Hungarian capital Budapest has come under police scrutiny on suspicion of cannibalism. The man in his thirties allegedly stole limbs to eat them at home.
A gruesome case of cannibalism shocks Hungary. A hospital staff member is said to have stolen parts of the corpses there and ate some of them.
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