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bodies stories: 14 news summaries

 Cops Find 6 Bodies 
 at Rapist's House 

He's arrested as search in Cleveland continues

Oct 31, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland police have arrested a convicted rapist and discovered the remains of six bodies in and around his house. They're asking relatives of missing persons to bring them anything with DNA evidence to help identify the victims, reports the Plain Dealer . Anthony Sowell, 50, has lived at the house since... More »

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Thirteen Bodies, Plane Wreckage Found Near Tanzania

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

Jul 7, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found... More »

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Africa • flight • Tanzania • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • accident • remains • bodies • Yemenia Air

(Newser) - Brazil's Navy and Air Force gave up their search for Air France Flight 447 victims today, citing the difficulty of finding bodies and wreckage 25 days after the crash, Reuters reports. "It's already been nine days without seeing any bodies," a Brazilian officer said. French ships will remain,... More »

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 Air France Pilot's Body Found 


Jun 25, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The body of the pilot of the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1 has been recovered, Reuters reports. A pilots union identified him as Marc Dubois, a 58-year-old Frenchman who had 21 years of experience at the airline. A male steward also was identified. More... More »

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(Newser) - Autopsy reports indicate that Air France flight 447 did not crash because of a terrorist strike, the Independent reports. Examinations of the first 16 bodies—all recovered whole—show no signs of explosion, fire, or penetration by shards of metal. The autopsy details, leaked to the Brazilian press this weekend,... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • plane crash • bodies • airplane • terrorist attack • Air France • Air France Flight 447

 6 More Air France Bodies Found


Jun 13, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six more bodies from Air France Flight 447 have been found, bringing the total to 50 even as authorities contemplate an end date for the search, the AP reports. Warm ocean water in the search area will speed up the sinking of bodies and attract feeding marine life, experts note,... More »

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plane crash • searchers • flight recorder • bodies • Air France Flight 447

 Brazil Recovers 3 More Bodies 

Pilots say they've seen even more; ships on the way to retrieve them

Jun 7, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brazil's military has found three more bodies from the Air France crash in the Atlantic today, officials tell the AP, bringing the number of recovered bodies to 5. Search pilots report seeing more on flyovers of the debris field 45 miles from where the jet sent out its last distress... More »

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(Newser) - The Brazilian Air Force has recovered the first two bodies from the Air France crash, the BBC reports. They also found a suitcase and a backback with a laptop inside. “We confirm the recovery from the water debris and bodies from the Air France plane," an air force... More »

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Air Force • Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • plane crash • bodies • debris • search and rescue • Air France Flight 447

UCLA Body Parts Peddler Found Guilty

Businessman carved up donated cadavers to
sell parts for profit

May 15, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A businessman who carved up bodies donated to UCLA's medical school and sold them off to research companies has been found guilty of grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ernest Nelson raked in over $1.5 million from the scheme, which he conspired to carry out with the director... More »

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 Corpses 
 Having Sex 
 Sparks Uproar 

Popular traveling exhibit of bodies triggers new controversy

May 7, 09 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial traveling exhibit of preserved bodies has sparked a storm of controversy with a new addition of corpses having sex, reports the Guardian. "It's not meant to be sexually stimulating," said creator Gunther von Hagens, who opens the Berlin exhibit to the public today. German politicians and... More »

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Germany • Berlin • corpse • pornography • sex • Grey's Anatomy • bodies • Gunther von Hagens • exhibition

(Newser) - Police discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two... More »

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Maryland • police • murder-suicide • bodies • fatalities • recession depression • filicide

 Mass Grave Found in 
 Bangladesh Mutiny 

At least 60 killed in border guards' rebellion

Feb 27, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Bangladeshi troops have discovered a mass grave in the capital after a border guard mutiny shook the country, the BBC reports. The grave contained the bodies of between 20 and 60 officers in what began as a spat over pay and conditions and has now claimed at least 60 lives.... More »

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rebellion • mutiny • Bangladesh • officer • border security • bodies • uprising • mass graves

'Stew Maker' Dissolved 300 Corpses in Mexico Drug War

Cartel branch paid $600 a week for disposal

Jan 24, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A Mexican man has confessed to chemically dissolving 300 bodies produced by Mexico’s drug war, Reuters reports. A breakaway cartel faction paid Santiago “the Stew Maker” Meza $600 a week to dispose of bodies they brought him, he said. He dumped the bodies in industrial drums filled with... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • Tijuana • drug cartel • bodies • Santiago Meza

'Big Dig' Seeks More Manson Bodies

Investigators
pore over cult's
Death Valley ranch

May 20, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators with high-tech equipment and shovels will be spending the next few days combing the Manson Family's desert hide-out for bodies, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rumors that murder victims are buried at the isolated ranch have persisted for decades. Police called in scientists after corpse-sniffing dogs became agitated at... More »

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