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A severed hand in a mason jar filled with formaldehyde — and six human skulls — found by police Friday at a home here have led to the arrest of an exotic dancer, police said.
Linda E. Kay, 31, was charged with improper disposition of human remains.
Police responded to a call at 28 Diana Drive Friday about an emotionally disturbed man threatening to hurt himself. A 21-year-old South Plainfield woman told dispatchers a man living there was trying to kill himself with a hammer, police said.
When officers arrived, Kay refused to let them in, South Plainfield Police Chief John Ferraro said. The officers forced their way past her, he said.
Police learned the man who supposedly wanted to harm himself was not in the home. They found the severed hand in a foot-tall mason jar on a table in the basement and the skulls in a second-floor bedroom, Ferraro said.
Human skulls can be readily purchased on the Internet. But the hand, which Ferraro described as "large and crudely severed," was a more bizarre discovery.
The cut was jagged, and bone fragments were present, authorities said. "Our main concern is finding out where the hand came from," Ferraro said.
Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Judson Hamlin said the hand is being tested, including fingerprint analysis. The hand appears to be that of a white male, authorities said.
Police said Kay is not cooperating. She has refused to tell them where or how she obtained the body parts, police said.
Jason Lafontaine said he lives at the home but didn't know how Kay got the body parts.
"I think she has a friend who is a medical examiner or something who does autopsies," Lafontaine said.
He said residents named the severed hand "Freddy."
"That's what everybody called it," said Lafontaine, 20.
Lafontaine said the human skulls were displayed neatly with animal skulls he believed were souvenirs.
Kay was released after posting a $100,000 bail bond.
Capt. Paul Brembt of the South Plainfield Police Department said police encountered items used in occult practices — such as capes, costumes and things bearing occult symbols — at the Diana Drive home on other calls.
A severed hand in a mason jar filled with formaldehyde — and six human skulls — found by police Friday at a home here have led to the arrest of an exotic dancer, police said.
Linda E. Kay, 31, was charged with improper disposition of human remains.
Police responded to a call at 28 Diana Drive Friday about an emotionally disturbed man threatening to hurt himself. A 21-year-old South Plainfield woman told dispatchers a man living there was trying to kill himself with a hammer, police said.
When officers arrived, Kay refused to let them in, South Plainfield Police Chief John Ferraro said. The officers forced their way past her, he said.
Police learned the man who supposedly wanted to harm himself was not in the home. They found the severed hand in a foot-tall mason jar on a table in the basement and the skulls in a second-floor bedroom, Ferraro said.
Human skulls can be readily purchased on the Internet. But the hand, which Ferraro described as "large and crudely severed," was a more bizarre discovery.
The cut was jagged, and bone fragments were present, authorities said. "Our main concern is finding out where the hand came from," Ferraro said.
Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Judson Hamlin said the hand is being tested, including fingerprint analysis. The hand appears to be that of a white male, authorities said.
Police said Kay is not cooperating. She has refused to tell them where or how she obtained the body parts, police said.
Jason Lafontaine said he lives at the home but didn't know how Kay got the body parts.
"I think she has a friend who is a medical examiner or something who does autopsies," Lafontaine said.
He said residents named the severed hand "Freddy."
"That's what everybody called it," said Lafontaine, 20.
Lafontaine said the human skulls were displayed neatly with animal skulls he believed were souvenirs.
Kay was released after posting a $100,000 bail bond.
Capt. Paul Brembt of the South Plainfield Police Department said police encountered items used in occult practices — such as capes, costumes and things bearing occult symbols — at the Diana Drive home on other calls.
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