Man found with 157 pounds of remains, including two heads

Associated Press ^ | 07-19-03

[Brian S]

A former autopsy assistant allegedly stockpiled 157 pounds of human remains, including two well-preserved heads, because he was curious and wanted to conduct his own research in anatomy, police said Saturday.

David Lawrence Beale was arrested Friday after a tip led police to a shed near his home and a storage locker he rented in this quiet college town about 75 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lt. Jim Harritt said.

[rabidralph]

Can I give you a shine?

[Zipporah]

Euwwwwww.. "He had a fascination with anatomy".. kinda like Jack the Ripper?

[AD from SpringBay]

Sounds like a privacy issue to me. Leave the poor guy alone.

[andy58-in-nh]

Why did you do that? I will be humming that tune all night now... :)

OK, how about "Puttin' on the Ritz"? ;-)

[boris]

Heads will roll.

[BlazingArizona]

A former autopsy assistant allegedly stockpiled 157 pounds of human remains, including two well-preserved heads, because he was curious and wanted to conduct his own research in anatomy, police said Saturday.

As soon he could locate a Van de Graaf generator, he was going to build the state a new Governor...

[AF68]

"Sounds like a privacy issue to me. Leave the poor guy alone."

Yeah, what he does in the privacy of his own bedroom with those heads and body parts isn't anyone's business. His private nocturnal emissions are protected by the transcendental yada yada emanation of the penumbra of the Constitution. A majority of justices said so.

[r9etb]

"For all intents and purposes, I thought he was intelligent."

What a nonsensical comment. Sounds like the boss had been drinking when the reporters caught up with him.

[Wilhelm Tell]

As soon he could locate a Van de Graaf generator, he was going to build the state a new Governor...

Really? I thought that was how they got the current Governor.

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

"IIIIIIIIII ain't got no booooooody...."

[Pelham]

He was a big fan of Liberian cuisine.

[randog]

My future father-in-law told me a story a few days ago about the undertaker in a small Nevada town that he lived in. The undertaker had some unclaimed cremated remains of about 10 people and didn't know what to do with them. He took them to a mortuary in the nearest large town, but they didn't want them, so he just took them out into the desert and dumped them there without telling anyone.

I can see someone finding these remains in the future, calling the authorities and the authorities declaring the site the dumping ground of a mass murderer.

[M. Peach]

I'll bet he's got some skeleteons in HIS closet.

[Intolerant in NJ]

What hump?......

[wideminded]

What ever happened in that case down in Georgia where over 300 bodies were found on the grounds of a crematorium?

[Captainpaintball]

Great...I suppose I have to get rid of MY 55 gallon drum of human remains because one sick freakazoid couldn't handle his stash...

FMCDH (Now that I think of it..I actually have a couple of pairs of cold dead hands...Freepmail meif you want any. They'll only be going to waste if no one wants 'em...)

[katz]

I can afford to board a Chattanooga choo choo...

[hole_n_one]

David Lawrence Beale, 46, is shown in a Davis (Calif.) police booking photograph,
Saturday, July 19, 2003. Beale was arrested for allegedly storing more than 150 pounds of
human remains so he could do his own research. Police say they seized the remains from
Beale's home and storage locker yesterday, including two well-preserved heads. (AP
Photo/Davis Police Department)

[NMFXSTC]

"Beale was booked into the Yolo County Jail on charges of removing human remains with the intent to dissect or sell them, possessing stolen property and possessing methamphetamine."

Ya think that last little charge there might have somethin' to do with it all? Hhmmmmmmmmmm???

[blam]

"Detectives at the scene reportedly declined the suspect's invitation to join him in "poppin' open a cold one.""

Best laugh I've had all day.