Court orders head dug up and frozen.

The_Minister

http://www.wqad.com/news/sns-ap-ia--burlingtonbody-cryonics,0,651170.story

Iowa court orders relatives to exhume body of man who wanted his head cryogenically frozen

By Associated Press

11:25 AM CDT, May 14, 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Court of Appeals has ordered the relatives of a deceased Burlington man to exhume his body so his head can be cut off and cryogenically frozen.

The court sided with Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., which sought to dig up the remains of 81-year-old Orville Richardson, who died in February 2009.

Richardson had signed a contract with Alcor to have his head placed in cryonic suspension. When he died, Richardson's brother and sister buried him instead.

Alcor filed a lawsuit to exhume Richardson's body but a Des Moines Country District Court judge ruled against the company, which appealed.

The appeals court overturned the district court's decision Wednesday, saying Alcor was entitled to his remains.

Telephone messages left for attorneys in the case were not immediately returned.

The relatives disregard for their dead ones wishes is chilling.

orourkeda

The_Minister wrote: »

http://www.wqad.com/news/sns-ap-ia--burlingtonbody-cryonics,0,651170.story



The relatives disregard for their dead ones wishes is chilling.

Excellent punnage

The_Minister

I should add that he's been dead since February 2009, so I would not be confident in the procedure taking.

Prof.Badass

The relatives ignoring his wishes is one thing, but unless there's more to this story i don't see how the first judge could side with the relatives. What a cúnt.

My name is URL

You can't decide what to do with your body until you're dead

Abrasax

Must have been a tough decision for the judge but he managed to keep a cool head.

mike65

So the by now largely rotted head is going to be frozen? At who's expense?

mikom

The_Minister wrote: »

Telephone messages left for attorneys in the case were not immediately returned.

Giving them the cold shoulder....

Rhyme

mikom wrote: »

Giving them the cold shoulder....

Ice burn.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

So the by now largely rotted head is going to be frozen? At who's expense?

His own I guess if there was a contract.

old_aussie

Relatives to give head to Alcor boss

WindSock

What did he die of? A head cold?





/skips away

CrazyRabbit

Erm...isn't this procedure meant to be done within hours of death? Otherwise, what's the point? If the head is seriously decomposed, there is 0% chance of it being used years from now to being the guys 'conciousness' back with technology.

Menengroth™

Probably didn't want the money for the procedure coming out of their inheritance.

General Zod

Menengroth™ wrote: »

Probably didn't want the money for the procedure coming out of their inheritance.

ding ding ding! We have a winner.

NothingMan

I can understand why the family are angry but they were his wishes. No need to lose the head over it.

Bazzy

Dont let the professor in UCC see this he's already after getting into enough trouble over head

Archeron

Imagine when the technology IS there to bring this guy back.

"Welcome to the world of tomorrow. By the way, most of your flesh has decomposed and your eyes have fallen out, so dont get too excited. On the plus side, you still have a lovely head of hair"

ART6

In the world of the future there will be machines rather like 3D printers which, when a sample of DNA is decoded and sent to the printer, will within seconds print an identical copy of the original person (or 10 cpm -- 10 copies per minute in mono or 8 cpm in colour). The printers will be offered by Hewlett Packard and Epson with full one year return to base warranty. They will use organic cartridges readily available from PC World and Viking Direct. These cartridges, while supposed to be replaced with new when empty, will actually often be refilled using kits from Tesco containing beef extract. The first machines are likely to be available at around the time of the recovery of the Irish economy, when there is sufficient money to create a demand for them.

The operating systems will be supplied by *name deleted to avoid libel actions*
with the result that attempts to print a copy of Uncle Mo might well actually produce Aunty Mo or freeze half way through resulting in half a Mo.

The first major purchases will be made by the government, with the intention of using them to print copies of recently dead FF TDs, so that the ruling party can be assured that it will always have a majority in the Dáil. Since none of the politicians or civil servants will be able to understand the user manuals the machines will never actually be used and will instead be stored at a cost of €500k per year until the organic cartridges have dried beyond use, at which point a Green minister will announce that they are to be disposed of in a manner (to avoid global warming) that does not involve the cartridges being landfilled.

I am prepared to accept advance orders for single user licences on payment of €100,000 each;)

The_Minister

Has anyone else noticed that the post pointing out the pun in the OP has gotten more thanks than the post itself?

NothingMan

The_Minister wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that the post pointing out the pun in the OP has gotten more thanks than the post itself?

I did. Very strange indeed. You'd wanna be an idiot to do something like that .

pickarooney

The_Minister wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed that the post pointing out the pun in the OP has gotten more thanks than the post itself?

It's often thus. It's like it's more important to agree with someone's praise than to offer your own.

Menengroth&#8482 wrote:

Probably didn't want the money for the procedure coming out of their inheritance.

I think the deceased's assets were frozen pending the appeal.