Police in Hungary have arrested a 30-year-old man who investigators say collected human body parts from abandoned cemeteries and his workplace at a hospital. Hungary’s National Bureau of Investigation detained the man in Budapest on June 17 after receiving information that he had been storing the body parts at work and at home.
Arrest and Investigation Details
The man is employed as an orderly at a hospital, police said in a statement on Tuesday. During a search of the man’s apartment, investigators seized skulls, a complete lower leg and a hand, as well as a reconstruction of a human face prepared from facial skin. Other bones were found stored in a suitcase. A heart in a jar was also found, which police were trying to determine whether it was of human or animal origin.
Admission of Cannibalism
The man, who admitted collecting the body parts during questioning, said that he was particularly attracted to human body parts, and that he had prepared food from such parts and eaten them. Police are continuing to investigate the origin of the body parts and whether any crimes beyond illegal possession of human remains were committed.
