A box of human heads was stolen from medical researchers in Denver, Colorado, after a training event and remains missing, the donor company and authorities said this week.
The theft occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. local time on March 2 and 9:30 a.m. on March 3, the Denver Police Department said.
The box containing "donated tissues" belonged to Science Care, a program that links those who choose to donate their bodies to science with medical researchers worldwide.Science Care said in a statement late Monday that the sealed cardboard box containing the heads was stolen from a "secured truck operated by a third-party specializing in the logistics of donated tissues." The truck had been in the process of returning the heads to Science Care after a medical training event when "unknown individuals illegally broke into the truck and robbed it."FILE IMAGE - A research scientist wearing blue protective gloves drops liquid into a small tray in a file image dated Sept.
1, 2016. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images Police said the freight company reported the theft from the truck, which was parked in the 7700 Block of E.