American questioned for shipping human body parts [View all]
Source: AP
By THANYARAT DOKSONE
Nov. 17, 2014 10:00 PM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — A parcel delivery company in Bangkok put three packages bound for the United States through a routine X-ray and made a startling discovery: preserved human parts, including an infant's head, a baby's foot and an adult heart.
The body parts were stolen from the medical museums of one of Bangkok's biggest hospitals, its administrators said Monday.
Police Col. Chumpol Poompuang said the sender was a 31-year-old American tourist, Ryan McPherson, who told them he had he found the items at a Bangkok night market. Police tracked down McPherson after being alerted by the shipper, DHL.
"He said he thought the body parts were bizarre and wanted to send them to his friends in the U.S.," Chumpol said, adding that the man was questioned along with an American friend for several hours and released without charges.
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Gwyneth Paltrow's head was not among the items seized.
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