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Traffic Stop Yields Embalmed Heads

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[October 31, 2007]  ROYSE CITY, Texas (AP) -- A traffic stop in Texas yielded about two dozen embalmed heads. But it's no Halloween joke. Investigators said the human heads had been used for medical training in the Fort Worth area and were being returned to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Hunt County Justice of the Peace Aaron Williams was summoned during a traffic stop Sunday in Royse City after a trucker was suspected of speeding.

"This is in the top five of the strangest things maybe the strangest that I've ever encountered," Williams told The Dallas Morning News on Monday.

The wrapped-in-plastic heads were found in the trailer. The driver couldn't immediately locate the documentation. The trucker and his cargo were later allowed to proceed after the paperwork was faxed to him.

The name of the company wasn't immediately released.

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Information from Dallas Morning News: http://www.dallasnews.com/

[Associated Press; By SETH BORENSTEIN]

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