Two Dozen Skulls Found in Ordinary Apartment... Owner Confesses "There Is a Corpse Trafficking Network"

Landlord Buys from Outside... "My Dead Friends"
Connected Through Online Corpse Trafficking Network... Investigation Expands

Dozens of human skulls were found piled up in an apartment in the United States, leading police to arrest the homeowner. However, it is known that the owners of these skulls did not commit murder but purchased them from outside sources.

According to CNN on the 14th (local time), FBI agents searched an apartment in Mount Washington, Kentucky, on the 11th and secured human body parts, including 40 skulls. The homeowner, a man named James Note, responded to investigators' question, "Is there anyone else in this house?" by saying, "Only my dead friends are here."

The skulls were scattered throughout Note's home. One skull was placed on the mattress where he sleeps, while another was wrapped in a scarf. FBI agents also found vertebrae, femurs, hip bones, and a Harvard Medical School bag.

James Note, who stored 40 human skulls in his apartment located in Kentucky, USA
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The investigation into Note began following the arrest of a man named Jeremy Polly last summer. Polly was caught after smuggling corpses donated to the Arkansas Medical School in Arkansas and selling them through social media. During the investigation, he revealed the existence of a corpse trafficking network and named a man called Cedric Logie (55).

Logie, who was the morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, is accused of secretly removing body parts such as heads, brains, skin, and bones from dissected corpses and conspiring with his wife Denise (63) to sell the stolen body parts to buyers. The corpses from which they stole body parts were donated to Harvard Medical School for educational purposes such as dissection practice, causing great shock to university officials and the families of the donors. Logie was dismissed from Harvard University in May.

Polly and Note were also connected as buyer and seller through social media. Note reportedly posted human remains for sale on a Facebook account he opened last month under the name "William Burke" and negotiated with Polly by sending photos of skulls. The account name William Burke refers to a figure who was a famous anatomy lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK, from 1827 to 1828 and was executed by hanging after committing 16 serial murders.

The FBI is continuing its investigation, viewing Polly, Note, and Logie as forming a "corpse trafficking network." Polly was indicted last month on federal charges for distributing stolen goods to other states, and Logie is expected to be brought to trial soon. Note is expected to be charged first with violations of gun possession restrictions due to his past criminal record and is currently detained without bail.

A neighbor of Note told CNN about the case, "It's shocking," adding, "You never know who lives next door."

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