Woman arrested for medical curiosity collection

By at 12:49 pm Tuesday, Jul 25

Exotic dancer Linda Kay of South Plainfield, New Jersey, was arrested Friday and charged with "improper disposition of human remains" after police found six skulls and a severed hand in a jar of formaldehyde at her apartment. The police were responding to a report that there was a suicidal person (evidently not Kay) in the apartment. Kay is free on $100,000 bail. From the Associated Press:
Two people who knew Kay told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the hand, which Kay nicknamed "Freddy," was a gift from a medical student who frequented an all-nude juice bar where she dances.

Kay's mother, Patricia Ann Kay, told the newspaper that her daughter bought the skulls from a mail order catalog. She said her daughter has always been fascinated with the macabre, and when she was a girl she collected animal skulls and snake skeletons.

"She has a flair for the dramatic," Patricia Ann Kay said. "I have never tried to stop my children from doing whatever they want. As long as they are happy, aren't hurting anyone, and it's keeping them out of the poor house."
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UPDATE: The New Jersey Star-Ledger has more details in their report. Link (Thanks, Chris Coleman!)

David Pescovitz

Collector of anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities.

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