Thursday, October 6, 2016

[Updated] Have a heart: A surprising find outside the Riis Houses

A man found what may be a human heart in the trash this morning outside the Riis Houses on the FDR Drive and Sixth Street, according to published reports.

As DNAinfo reported, the man reached into the trash to retrieve a discarded potted plant and found the organ inside a pink box.

Per the Daily News, who first reported on the discovery:

The heart appeared to be human, but police brought the item to the city Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm.

Updated 10/13

Likely a pig's heart, per DNAinfo.
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11 comments:

  1. NOTORIOUSOctober 6, 2016 at 10:16 PM

    These conceptual pop-up restaurants are getting weirder and weirder.

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  2. TrixieOctober 7, 2016 at 8:46 AM

    Could be a pig heart. A friend of mine got one from the butcher once and sent it to her ex on Saint Valentine's Day. He was appropriately horrified.

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  3. DrGeckoOctober 7, 2016 at 8:59 AM

    Probably another offering to the Sun God.

    Oh, forget I said "another," ok?

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  4. GojiraOctober 7, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Heart bowl?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 7, 2016 at 10:55 AM

    Heart in a hoof!

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  6. NOTORIOUSOctober 7, 2016 at 11:03 AM

    Gorjira you're on to something! Acai, in a heart, served by Lisa Bonet.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 7, 2016 at 12:46 PM

    It's like Tuli Kupferberg crossed with Temple of Doom.

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  8. DrBOPOctober 8, 2016 at 11:27 AM

    This city'll eat your heart out, kid.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 9, 2016 at 9:08 PM

    Hoof hearted..?

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  10. AnonymousOctober 11, 2016 at 9:50 AM

    On Aug. 25 a possible human heart was found in Norwalk Ohio
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/us/has-murder-come-to-town-this-heart-tells-no-tales.html?_r=0

    http://www.livescience.com/56136-heart-plastic-bag-test-human.html

    Serial?

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  11. TrixieOctober 13, 2016 at 9:18 AM

    Yep, pig heart, I figured so.

    https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20161012/east-village/riis-houses-human-pig-heart-found?utm_source=Lower+East+Side+%26+East+Village&utm_campaign=90eda6035c-Mailchimp-NYC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c7d8aa1b85-90eda6035c-137411309

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