Man who 'collected human body parts' from graveyards tells police he ate them

Man who 'collected human body parts' from graveyards tells police he ate them Detectives searching the man's flat discovered a house of horrors with skulls, a lower leg and a hand, as well as a reconstruction of a human face made from skin Police have arrested a 30-year-old man who investigators say collected human body parts he gathered from abandoned cemeteries and from his workplace at a hospital. Detectives arrested the man in Budapest, Hungary on June 17 after they got a tipoff that he was storing human body parts at work and at his home. Investigators from Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation searched his apartment and uncovered a house of horrors with body parts, bones and skin. Officers seized skulls, a complete lower leg and a hand, as well as a reconstruction of a human face prepared from facial skin. Other bones were found stored in a suitcase. Police also found a heart in a jar, and are still trying to determine if it came from a person or an animal. The man admitted collecting the body parts during questioning. He also said he was particularly attracted to human body parts, police said. His grim obsession went beyond merely collecting pieces of bodies. He also told investigators he prepared food from the human body parts and are them. He is currently being held on suspicion of illegal use of human bodies. In their statement, police said the man is "passionate about anatomy and pathology, and likes to dissect animals." They suspect he obtained the body parts through his work at a hospital and by digging up bodies "in abandoned cemeteries in Slovakia and Hungary." Police seized the man's computer, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, SIM and data cards. All of the recovered body parts will be examined by forensic experts, police said, adding that the range of alleged crimes could expand after the origin of all the body parts is determined.