A CANNIBAL hospital porter has been caught with human body parts in his home after digging up corpses and eating the decomposing remains.
Police in arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly collected body parts from abandoned cemeteries and the hospital where he worked.
Police in Hungary have arrested a man suspected of digging up corpses and eating the remains Credit: police.hu
Officers from Hungary’s National Bureau of apprehended the suspect in Budapest on June 17 after receiving a tip-off that he was storing human remains both at work and at home.
When investigators searched his apartment, they made a gruesome discovery.
Among the items seized were several skulls, a complete lower leg, a hand, and a reconstructed human face made from preserved facial skin.
Bones were also found packed inside a suitcase, while a heart had been preserved in a jar.
Police are now working to establish whether the heart is of human or animal origin.
In a statement released on Tuesday, police said: “The Life Protection Department of the National Bureau of Investigation began an investigation after receiving information that a patient worker at a Budapest hospital was storing human body parts both at work and at home.”
The suspect is being held on suspicion of the illegal use of human remains.
During questioning, the man admitted collecting the body parts and told investigators he had a particular fascination with human anatomy.
In a shocking twist, he allegedly confessed to preparing food from some of the remains and eating them.
Police said the suspect was “passionate about anatomy and pathology, and likes to dissect animals”.
Investigators believe he obtained the body parts through his work at the hospital and by exhuming bodies from abandoned cemeteries in Hungary and .
Officers also seized computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones from the property.
All recovered remains will undergo forensic examination, while police say additional charges could follow once their origins have been established.
Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the suspect could be linked to murders.
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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