"Broadcaster Alistair Cooke's bones stolen"

[GreenPartyVoter]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bones of the late British broadcaster Alistair Cooke were stolen by a crime ring that snatched body parts to sell for transplant procedures, according to reports in two New York newspapers Thursday.

Citing sources close to an investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney's office, the Daily News said Cooke's bones were snatched before his cremation and sold for more than $7,000 to two tissue processing companies.

It quoted Cooke's daughter, Susan, as saying she had learned of the theft last week and was shocked and saddened by it.

A spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorney's office would not comment on the report. A similar story ran in the New York Post.

http://reuters.iwon.com/article/20051223/2005-12-23T152738Z_01_MOL333795_RTRIDST_0_ODD-LIFE-COOKE-DC.html

[xchrom]

1. what!?!?!

what the fuck are they gonna do with his bones -- throw a smoking jacket over them and replay ''upstairs downstairs'', ''henry the VIII'', etc?

[CJCRANE]

2. Sounds like a planted story . . .

how do you snatch some-one's bones? They should be the hardest part to remove, seeing as they're covered by the rest of the body...

And if he's been cremated, how do they know?