TC.Bison
12-28-2003, 01:50 PM
Well, looks like UC Davis is a leader in yet another area...........sorry this was just too funny.
Children sue over dad's head in shed
Published December 28, 2003 SHT228
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning that their father's embalmed head was kept in a toolshed for nearly 11 years.
The head of Osie Whitten, who died Dec. 24, 1990, of colon cancer, was among 150 pounds of human cadaver parts allegedly removed from the medical center at the University of California, Davis, by a former autopsy assistant.
David Lawrence Beale, who worked for Pathology Support Services Inc., which managed the medical center's morgue and autopsy service, was arrested last summer after the remains were found among his belongings.
He pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving stolen property and possession of methamphetamines. Police say Beale told them he used the remains to hone his dissection skills.
The medical center, Beale and Pathology Support Services were named in the lawsuit filed by Whitten's children.
Children sue over dad's head in shed
Published December 28, 2003 SHT228
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- The children of a cancer patient who donated his body for research filed a lawsuit after learning that their father's embalmed head was kept in a toolshed for nearly 11 years.
The head of Osie Whitten, who died Dec. 24, 1990, of colon cancer, was among 150 pounds of human cadaver parts allegedly removed from the medical center at the University of California, Davis, by a former autopsy assistant.
David Lawrence Beale, who worked for Pathology Support Services Inc., which managed the medical center's morgue and autopsy service, was arrested last summer after the remains were found among his belongings.
He pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving stolen property and possession of methamphetamines. Police say Beale told them he used the remains to hone his dissection skills.
The medical center, Beale and Pathology Support Services were named in the lawsuit filed by Whitten's children.