In a sober reminder of the human cost of Saturday's disaster, a burned torso was found near Hemphill; the remnants of a space suit a few hundred yards away. A crew member's burned helmet was found in adjacent San Augustine County. Searchers reported finding other body parts, charred shoes, mission patches and other personal effects across the southern part of the debris field. ....
While the military is taking charge of securing debris, the FBI is leading the recovery of human remains. A few conflicts occurred in debris-laden Nacogdoches County, where some residents were trying to block authorities from examining debris that fell on their land. "We have had reports that they didn't want to allow us onto their property because they wanted to preserve (the debris) for themselves," Kerss said, adding that people who obstruct the investigation could face criminal charges. source
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It was inevitable that this sort of disgusting behavior would occur.
.... Clark Barnett, 32, spotted an object while driving on Farm-to-Market Road 2971 Saturday morning. He didn't give it much thought until he got a call from friend Mike Gibbs, an X-ray technician at Sabine County Hospital, who told him about the shuttle explosion.
Both men met on the two-lane road about 9 a.m. and realized with horror that they apparently were looking at an astronaut's remains: a charred torso, thigh bone and skull with front teeth intact.
"I wouldn't want anybody seeing what I saw," Gibbs, 33, told The Associated Press. "It was pretty gruesome."
Fire trucks arrived shortly and blocked the road as authorities collected evidence. A hearse was seen leaving the area Saturday evening after officials loaded it with a black bag.
Two young boys found a charred human leg on their farm in Sabine County, about 50 miles east of Nacogdoches, The Dallas Morning News reported in Sunday editions. "From the hip to the foot," their father, Bob White said, "it's all there, scorched from the fire."
Billy Smith, the emergency management coordinator for Jasper, Sabine and Newton counties, confirmed that body parts were found near apparent shuttle debris in Sabine County.
The remains have been turned over to the FBI, officials said.
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