Thief stole HUMAN BRAINS from former insane asylum then sold them on Ebay

  26 November 2015    Read: 1343
Thief stole HUMAN BRAINS from former insane asylum then sold them on Ebay
David Charles stole jars of human tissue from the building - which was once a hospital for the insane - which he later sold on the internet.
The court heard the 23-year-old broke into the Indiana Medical History Museum, US, on multiple occasions.

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The brains were taken from the Indiana Medical History Museum

The institution was founded in 1848 and was later converted into a museum with an autopsy room and anatomical display that showcases preserved specimens - mostly human brains.

Charles was arrested in December 2013 after a man who purchased six jars of brain material for £400 ($600) on Ebay alerted police.

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Police seized 80 jars of the specimens

The buyer tracked the items he bought back to the museum after carrying out research, leading police to Charles.

Investigators seized 80 jars of human tissue after identifying the thief using a piece of paper with his bloody fingerprint on it left behind in the museum.

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The buyer informed the police after matching the items he bought to those missing from the museum

Charles, who was ordered to stay away for the building, also stole an electrocardiogram machine, as many as 10 scopes, a baby scale and other miscellaneous historical items from the museum, a court spokesman said.

He pleaded guilty to six charges including burglary and receiving stolen property in a Marion County court.

Charles was sentenced to one year of home detention and two years of probation.



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