vasabii/Getty Images/iStockphotoAn Indianapolis man stole jars with the brains from dead mental patients that were stored at the Indiana Medical History Museum and sold them on eBay.
An Indiana man stole the brains of dead mental patients and sold them on eBay, police said.
"It is a peculiar situation," Indianapolis Police Officer Christopher Wilburn told the Daily News. "An unsuspecting person in San Diego (who bought the brains) looked at the items and felt they were kind of suspicious in nature."
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That eBay customer noticed labels for the Indiana Medical History Museum on the six jars of human brains he purchased for $600. He alerted the museum and the Indianapolis police force, authorities said.
Police set up a sting in a Dairy Queen parking lot on Dec. 16, in which police told the eBay middle man to arrange a meeting for another organ-swapping deal with the suspected brain thief, reported the Indianapolis Star.
Stockbyte/Getty ImagesIt is not known why the man stole the brains, but he was caught through a sting orgnaized by Indinapolis police.
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David Charles, 21, of Indianapolis, who stole 60 jars of human tissue the previous day, was arrested and charged with theft, marijuana possession and paraphernalia possession, court documents said.
Investigators are reportedly looking for the possibility of further charges.
"They caught him in the act," Wilburn said to The News. "We understand that organ and tissue procurement help medical advancements that assist millions of Americans. We just can't quite understand (why he stole the brains)."
The Indianapolis Star said museum is located on the site of a former hospital that housed psychiatric patients from 1848 to 1994.
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