You have probably heard me mention that people are stealing anything and everything, whether it is bolted down or not. The following story recently is one of the more gruesome theft cases I have read in some time.

The Oneida County (Wisconsin) medical examiner stole body parts from the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner’s Office, according to county law enforcement officials.

A Good Cause?

Traci J. England was arrested after she allegedly kept a human body part from an autopsy to use in training a dog, according to the FDL Reporter.

The 44-year-old England attended an autopsy in Fond du Lac and kept part of the deceased person’s spine. England told police that she intended to use the human remains to train one of her dogs to search for human remains.

England has been ordered not work with or possess any human body parts. While she has not been charged with a crime, she is being investigated on possible charges of misconduct of office in Oneida County.

She was placed on paid administrative leave and a deputy medical examiner will be appointed in the near future to fill her position in the interim. Meanwhile bodies will be sent to neighboring communities until this happens.

England served as a deputy medical examiner for Oneida County from August 2002 until she was promoted to medical examiner in September 2008. England’s annual salary is $14,139 plus a per diem for responding to death calls.

You think this was an isolated incident, or has England stolen before? If this was a one-time incident then she showed a horrific lack in judgment. Either way I would like to see her take a Wisconsin theft class and attend a few theft counseling sessions.