Body parts sent to wrong address
March 4, 2007
Liver, part of a head mistakenly delivered to house instead of research lab; 28 other packages, intended for medical research, could have gone astray
Mar 03, 2007 04:32 PM
Associated Press
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two packages containing human body parts – including a liver and part of a head – meant for a medical research lab instead were delivered to a home.
The body parts, sent from China, were mistakenly dropped off Thursday at Franck and Ludivine Larmande’s home by a DHL express driver who believed the bubble-wrapped items were pieces to a table.
“My husband started to unwrap one and said, ‘This is strange, it looks like a liver,’” Ludivine Larmande said. “He started the second one, but stopped as soon as we saw the ear.
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