Medical waste case involves 45 bodies

July 5, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator says 45 separate bodies are involved in a case that began in March when heads and other parts traced to an Albuquerque business were discovered at a Kansas medical waste facility.

Medical investigators say they have identified 127 of 133 body parts through DNA analysis.

The investigators say 29 of the bodies are male and 15 are female. The gender of one body remains undetermined.

According to authorities, Bio Care of Albuquerque harvested parts from donated bodies to sell for medical research, then was to cremate the remains to return to families.

Salt Lake City won’t boycott Arizona

SALT LAKE CITY

The Salt Lake City Council has decided not to boycott Arizona businesses over the state’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.

Salt Lake City does about $21 million in business with Arizona firms each year and was urged to join a growing boycott of the state by the Los Angeles City Council.

Salt Lake City Council members say they’re worried a boycott could have unintended consequences.

Arizona’s new immigration law generally requires officers enforcing another law — like speeding or jaywalking — to question a person’s immigration status if there’s a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.

Critics say it could lead to discrimination against Hispanics.

Associated Press