Hungary Police Arrest Hospital Orderly Suspected of Illegal Use of Human Remains

Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation arrested a 30-year-old man in Budapest on June 17 after receiving information that he had been storing human body parts at his hospital workplace and at home. Abc News reported that the man works as an orderly at a hospital.

During a search of his apartment, investigators seized skulls, a complete lower leg, a hand, a reconstruction of a human face made from facial skin, and other bones stored in a suitcase.

A heart in a jar was also recovered, and police are working to determine whether it is of human or animal origin. The man admitted during questioning that he collected the body parts, said he was particularly attracted to them, and stated that he had prepared food from human body parts and eaten them. He is being held on suspicion of illegal use of human bodies.

Police seized the man's computer, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, SIM cards and data cards. All recovered body parts will be examined by forensic experts, and the range of alleged crimes could expand once the origin of the parts is determined. In their statement, police said the man is passionate about anatomy and pathology and likes to dissect animals.

They suspect he obtained the body parts through his hospital work and by digging up bodies in abandoned cemeteries in Slovakia and Hungary.