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Topless Dancer Captured with Human Skulls and Severed Hand
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Police officers discovered human skulls and a hand in the New Jersey home of an exotic dancer on Friday. The hand was discovered in a large jar filled with formaldehyde, which is used by morticians.
Linda E. Kay, a 31year old topless dancer, was charged by the South Plainfield, NJ police with improper disposition of human remains, a felony in New Jersey.
Police officers responded to a 911 call Friday concerning a distraught man threatening to injure himself. A South Plainfield woman told the police dispatcher a man living there was trying to kill himself with a hammer, according to Courier Post.
When officers arrived, Kay refused to let them in, South Plainfield Police Chief John Ferraro said, but officers forced their way past her.
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, Chief Ferraro said.
The Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the skulls and hand were human.
Human skulls can be readily purchased on the Internet. But the hand, which Chief Ferraro described as "large and crudely severed," is 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 currently undergoing testing, including fingerprint analysis. The hand appears to be that of a white male, authorities told the Courier Post.
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.
On the police report, Kay, who is single, listed her occupation as "exotic dancer" and place of employment as Hott 22, a strip club on Route 22 in Union County.
Kay was released after posting a $100,000 bail bond. If convicted, she faces up to 5 years in prison on the third-degree charge.
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