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| Possible human heart found in pink box in New York City trash can | Possible human heart found in pink box in New York City trash can |
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| What appears to be a human heart was found inside a pink box in New York City’s Lower East Side on Wednesday, police said. | What appears to be a human heart was found inside a pink box in New York City’s Lower East Side on Wednesday, police said. |
| A 67-year-old man found the box in the Riis Houses on Wednesday at around 11am. According to a New York police department spokesperson, the man called police and someone from the medical examiner’s office went to the scene to remove the remains. | |
| The contents of the box are currently undergoing testing to determine whether it was indeed a human heart. It could have belonged to an animal, the spokesperson said. It is uncertain when the test will be completed. | The contents of the box are currently undergoing testing to determine whether it was indeed a human heart. It could have belonged to an animal, the spokesperson said. It is uncertain when the test will be completed. |
| According to the New York Daily News, the man who found the heart was rummaging through the garbage when he found it at the bottom of a container holding a potted plant. Police were searching for the plant’s origin. | According to the New York Daily News, the man who found the heart was rummaging through the garbage when he found it at the bottom of a container holding a potted plant. Police were searching for the plant’s origin. |
| The finding of the heart, while grotesque, is not the first time such a situation has occurred. | The finding of the heart, while grotesque, is not the first time such a situation has occurred. |
| In August, a heart was found in a plastic bag in the middle of a field near a gas station in Norwalk, Ohio. The EMS crew that found it called the police and at first threw it in a dumpster, BuzzFeed News reported. They retrieved it after the dispatcher said it might be human. | In August, a heart was found in a plastic bag in the middle of a field near a gas station in Norwalk, Ohio. The EMS crew that found it called the police and at first threw it in a dumpster, BuzzFeed News reported. They retrieved it after the dispatcher said it might be human. |
| That heart did not appear to be related to a crime, according to CBS. | That heart did not appear to be related to a crime, according to CBS. |
| Late last month, body parts, including a severed arm, were found in a commercial yard in Phoenix, Arizona, and a man’s head was found in a Chicago lagoon. | Late last month, body parts, including a severed arm, were found in a commercial yard in Phoenix, Arizona, and a man’s head was found in a Chicago lagoon. |
| A brain found under a porch in Pennsylvania in June was reportedly stolen and used to get high, local station FOX43 reported. The brain appeared to be a teaching specimen contained in formaldehyde. Joshua Long, 26, the man who possessed it, allegedly soaked marijuana in the fluid. | A brain found under a porch in Pennsylvania in June was reportedly stolen and used to get high, local station FOX43 reported. The brain appeared to be a teaching specimen contained in formaldehyde. Joshua Long, 26, the man who possessed it, allegedly soaked marijuana in the fluid. |
| Long was already incarcerated in Cumberland County prison on burglary charges when his aunt found the brain and called police. He had named the brain Freddy. | Long was already incarcerated in Cumberland County prison on burglary charges when his aunt found the brain and called police. He had named the brain Freddy. |