Body parts kept by police forces

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have stored almost 500 body parts and organs that are no longer under inquiry, a study has said.
The samples were kept from murder investigations and suspicious deaths from as far back as 1960.
The report from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said many investigations "failed" to record why samples had been kept.
Brains, hearts and human limbs were among the samples.
The study said police were in the process of "sensitively dealing" with the human tissue and informing next of kin where appropriate.

(More on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18122332 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18122332))

[A Marxist Historian]

Police forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have stored almost 500 body parts and organs that are no longer under inquiry, a study has said.
The samples were kept from murder investigations and suspicious deaths from as far back as 1960.
The report from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said many investigations "failed" to record why samples had been kept.
Brains, hearts and human limbs were among the samples.
The study said police were in the process of "sensitively dealing" with the human tissue and informing next of kin where appropriate.

(More on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18122332 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18122332))

Souvenirs, like after lynchings in the American South? Or do they eat them?

-M.H.-

[Pretty Flaco]

is it just me or does this sound like a non-story? it's not like they kept them like trophies. like any bureaucracy they keep ridiculous amounts of records, including evidence. it's stated that these body parts were samples from investigations.

[The Young Pioneer]

Bet it smells in THAT storage space.

[Princess Luna]

is it just me or does this sound like a non-story? it's not like they kept them like trophies. like any bureaucracy they keep ridiculous amounts of records, including evidence. it's stated that these body parts were samples from investigations.
Regardless of the sensationalist headline, I think the story is the fact they don't know why they have them because of sloppy police work, so they can't really use them in a investigation. It shows how shitty police are, when they can't even keep track of why they have someones brain.