Human Skull Found Boiling In Pot In Chicago Apartment But It's OK Say Police

[matcom]

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CHICAGO (AP) - Four human skulls were discovered in a Chicago man's apartment, one boiling in a pot of water, but authorities said charges aren't likely.

"It doesn't seem to be anything nefarious at this time," police Lt. Perry Nigro said. The 26-year-old owner of the skulls makes anatomical models for a living and appeared to be using them for medical purposes, Nigro said. "As weird as it is, it doesn't seem like anything is wrong," Nigro said.

Police searched the apartment after someone who wanted to buy a mannequin in the home visited late Tuesday and saw the skulls on a porch and inside, with one boiling on the stove.

The man left and called police, Nigro said.

The skulls were turned over to the Cook County medical examiner's office, Nigro said.

The skulls' owner told authorities he imported them legally from China.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070503/K050302AU.html

[Shell Beau]

1. Oooookay!

Nothing weird about that at all!! :crazy:

[ruiner4u]

2. as gross as it sounds....

you gotta boil off the ick when you make those models...

[Taverner]

5. Or use worms a la "Gorky Park"

[slj0101]

3. Hey, that's how it's done.

Still, though, could you imagine walking in on that? :D I'd call the cops, too.

[jobycom]

9. Yes, after running really, really quickly away!

I wonder what dude's love life is like.

[myrna minx]

4. Is there anything China *doesn't* export?

:shrug:

[Bucky]

11. freedom

Apparently they're keeping it all to themselves

[skygazer]

6. And where does China get them?

I'd love to see the advertisement for that. :silly:

[Tyler Durden]

7. Do you get a discount for the ones with bullet holes?

These questions MUST be asked, you know.

[otherlander]

33. FREE TIB- !*whak*

x_x

[no name no slogan]

8. And it was delicious!

[jobycom]

10. "The skulls' owner told authorities..."

Okay, that just cracks me up. Four skulls, one owner, and the owner is still talking to authorities. How many heads did he start with? "Yes, officer, I sold four of my heads. They grow back. You know, like "Men in Black," or "Hercules?""

:rofl:

Sorry. I amuse myself this morning. No one has to pretend to be amused. I'm okay with that!

[cobalt1999]

12. My wife teaches Forensic Science at the local university...

you should see some of the stuff we have around here sometimes.

[mike_c]

13. no soup for you, tattletale....

eom

[texanwitch]

14. I wonder what boiling human heads smell like.

Where would one get four human heads.

[Nickster]

15. I saw them do an interview on the local news with the artist that reported this. He was

pretty scary looking to me. I think his name was JoJo Baby or something like that, he scared me more than the story.:-)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. I saw it too. And I agree with you.

Frankly he seemed like the type of oddball whose ultimate demise might include his own head being found in a pot of boiling water so maybe that's why he was a little jumpy about the other guy...

[Nickster]

17. Maybe that was the other guy's intention all along. C'mon look at JoJo Baby's head and tell me it

wouldn't look better boiled down a little. :-)

[Orrex]

18. Well, where do you boil *your* skulls? (nt)

[texanwitch]

19. When I was high school back in 1973 there were two men killing teenage boys.

One of the men lived in my old neighborhood and he had human skulls on his kitchen window.

My neighbor call the police about the skulls and they didn't think anything was wrong either.

Later on they started to find the bodies buried in a storage shed.

This became very famous.

I remember seeing the skulls myself, very clean looking.

[geardaddy]

20. Right, "legally" from China

:eyes:

[Maddy McCall]

21. When I was working on my MA, we boiled all kinds of body parts in crock pots.

We received stuff from the State Crime Lab, and we had to deflesh some of the stuff. At any given time, you might enter the physical anthro lab and find feet or hands boiling.

Crock pots are the best defleshing tools. :)

[texanwitch]

22. Is it because of the slow heat.

Crock pots are handy.

How long did it take to deflesh a hand or foot.

[Maddy McCall]

23. LOL.

This is funny...last time you and I talked about cooking, we were talking about deepfrying turkeys. :rofl:

Yes, it's the slow heat, which removes the muscle tissue without destroying the connective tissue.

The feet we defleshed were pretty much mummified (state crime lab received them from a county...officers had found two dried, mummified feet in a paper bag in a house they raided). It took about three days for the flesh to fall away.

[texanwitch]

24. Deep fried turkeys and crock pot hands and feet.

The slow cooking makes sense, the muscle must be really tough.

How many DU'ers will reading this will never look at their crockpots the same again.

It might be fun to cut a roast in the shape of a foot or hand and cook it in a crock pot.

This is giving me ideas for dinner tomorrow, it is my day to cook.

[Maddy McCall]

30. Crazy man.

:rofl:

[texanwitch]

31. I have this old roast I find in the back of the freezer.

The crockpot is the only thing that will cook it tender.

It is big enough for a foot and hand.

I like using the crockpot, just throw the stuff in and go.

I have one question for you, do you use a crockpot to cook in after working at this place.



:shrug:

[Maddy McCall]

34. I still cook in MY crockpot at home.

I do NOT cook in the crockpot at work.

:rofl:

I make excellent roast in my big ol' crockpot.

[texanwitch]

35. It is that slow cooking, throw in a onion and a few other things.

My old roast should take 8 to 10 hours to cook.

There is nothing to tough for a crockpot to cook.

[Maddy McCall]

37. Here's how I do my roast...

I get a nice big roast, season it with celery salt, cumin, and Montreal Steak spice. Then I roll it in flour and then brown it in olive oil on all sides in a skillet. Then I put it in the crock pot with sliced onions, potatoes and carrots. Then I pour 1 can each of Campbell's beef boullion and Campbell's French Onion over it. Turn it on low, and let it cook all day.

It's SOOOOO good. :D

[texanwitch]

39. I will give that try.

Sounds good.

[Maddy McCall]

40. It's sooo good.

We eat roast on the plate the first meal, and everything after that is roast-beef sandwiches. :9

Oh, and pepper...add pepper, too.

:hi:

[texanwitch]

42. This roast is so big we will be eating it all weekend.

I wonder should I let my housemates read this thread about the many uses of a cockpot.



:rofl:

[Maddy McCall]

43. LMFAO..

What you said is funny as hell on its own, but I spit Coke when I read your typo.

:spray:

:rofl:

:rofl:

GASP!

:rofl:

[trof]

25. M-m-m-m-m...GUMBO!

;-)

[texanwitch]

26. Good gumbo has a little of everything in it.

:9

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

27. You too, can be the proud owner ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Actual-Real-Human-Skull_W0QQitemZ150116546109QQihZ005QQcategoryZ86941QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[texanwitch]

28. The price is a little high for me.

$800 to start, must be the wisdom teeth.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. I have a friend who has drank absinthe from a human skull.

Metal as fuck. (But definitely NOT vegan.)

[LeftyMom]

32. When we have sigs again, can I quote that?

:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Hahaha, shit yes.

It's funny, the quote is originally from a vegan friend of mine. It was me, him, our skull drinking friend, and a couple other friends. He was talking about it, and we were all talking about how it's the most metal thing we've ever heard, and then our vegan friend piped up, "That is definitely not vegan."

[undeterred]

36. Somebody's dog dragged home a human skull

in the Chicago area - and it led to the discovery of the remains of someone who had been murdered years before... to the dog it was just a cool bone.

[Elidor]

41. Jeffrey Dahmer wishes he'd thought this fast

Or he would, if he wasn't, you know...dead.

[sir_captain]

44. I was given a skull today, as it happens

a really nice one too. They told me not to drop it cause it cost a few thousand dollars.