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Dale Wheatley, the transportation coordinator for the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois, filed a police report after discovering three disembodied heads sitting near his desk
The employee at a non-profit supplying cadavers to medical schools said human remains had been destroyed by "mold, rot and bugs." Some had been eaten by rats.
“The place is deplorable. It’s in shabby conditions,” he said. “If you start walking around, you start to stick to the floor.”
Dale Wheatley found three severed heads at his desk at the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois (AGA) in late-May after he complained about the company mishandling donors' bodies.
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Dale Wheatley, who performs deliveries for the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois, said the dismembered heads from AGA donors were placed next to his desk after he reported concerns about the mishandling and poor conditions of donated bodies to his supervisors.