Thai police find stolen body parts in parcels

Police are investigating after a parcel delivery company in Bangkok found preserved human body parts in three packages it put through a routine X-ray.

The body parts — including an infant’s head, a baby’s foot, and an adult heart — were stolen from the medical museums of one of Bangkok’s biggest hospitals.

Police Colonel Chumpol Poompuang said the sender was a 31-year-old US tourist, Ryan McPherson, who told them he had found the items at a Bangkok night market.