Crime Time

Body parts in freezer? Police thawing to make sure

A man moving into a Fort Worth apartment Friday found a bag containing what appeared to be two human hands.

But a homicide detective said they may be clear plastic gloves filled with sausage or some other meat product to make them look like hands.

The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office is working to determine whether the man came across the handiwork of a killer or a prankster.

Staff Writer Aman Batheja reports.

-- Bill Miller

UPDATE: It was animal testicles, according to the ME's office.

- Bryon Okada

Report: Trio stole corpse's head and turned it into a bong

Sometimes it's hard to believe what you read. It's just too incredible.

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that two men and a juvenile are being accused of digging up a man's corpse, decapitating it and then using the head to smoke pot.

The paper reports that the three went to the Humble, Texas, cemetery dug up a man's grave, took off the head and then transformed it into a "bong." The men have been charged with misdemeanor abuse of a corpse.

-- Lance Murray