Daily Rotten Archives January 12, 2004 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Police misplace human remains in evidence room Macon Telegraph | Submitted by: jackie "An attorney representing former Tri-State Crematory operator Brent Marsh in civil cases discovered a skull, forearm and hand while sifting through documents in a Walker County evidence room, officials said. Lawyer Stuart James said he discovered the human remains Thursday in two small, white body bags. 'The forearm was a clean bone, but the hand had tissue on it. The skull, which was missing its lower jaw, still had tissue on it,' he said. Marsh faces civil lawsuits in Georgia and Tennessee and nearly 787 felony charges since 334 discarded bodies were discovered in February 2002 at the crematory in Noble, near the Tennessee line." Read article... Husband suspected of hanging wife pub.tv2.no | Submitted by: optional "A 2-year-old girl found her mother hanged in an electrical cord. The child’s father is the main suspect... The woman’s husband called the police Wednesday night and allegedly said that he had found his wife badly injured. The police arrived at the scene ten minutes later, and they found the woman hanging with electrical cords around her neck." [He didn't even bother to cut her down?] Read article... 12-year-old Filipino murdered, mutilated sunstar.com.ph | Submitted by: GW Satan "Police in this municipality are continuing investigations into the gruesome killing of a 12-year-old boy whose mutilated and decomposing body was found in a wooded area in Maloh village ten days after he was last seen on Christmas night. Police identified the murdered boy as Dominador Buco of Maloh, Siaton... The neck was nearly severed, the skull almost split, the body covered with hacks, and his genitals slashed off." Read article... Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes Macon Telegraph | Submitted by: Jackie "A juvenile court judge under scrutiny by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission after reports that her 4-year-old daughter was found wandering alone late at night has taken a paid leave of absence... Social workers said [Judge Nina Hickson] neglected her 4-year-old child by leaving her home alone at night Nov. 29 while she went to the airport to retrieve luggage. Hickson's daughter was found wandering an East Point street late at night. The girl was not wearing shoes or a jacket when she picked up by a passing limousine driver." Read article... Disobedient teen resorts to arson Cincinnati Post | Submitted by: Bob_McBob "[John Layne] warned [his 16-year-old son] not to have parties, believing the warning was enough because the teen had never been a problem. Instead, he later found out, the teen had 'parties all week' that resulted in some damage to the house - holes in a few walls and a kitchen cabinet was scratched - but nothing that couldn't be repaired... 'It's incredible to me. He burned down the house to try to cover it up,' Layne said... 'I felt betrayed and hurt. I never want him on my property again.'" Read article... Photoshop won't open currency images CNET News.com | Submitted by: wmgains "Photoshop and other programs will no longer be able to open files containing images of several nations' currencies, said Kevin Connor, director of product management for Adobe. The code to detect such images came from the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, a low-profile association representing the national banks from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States... users of Adobe Photoshop CS and Jasc's Paintshop Pro have complained that files containing images of the new U.S. $20 bill and several Euro denominations cannot be opened. Moreover, Connor stressed that the technology is already included in most color printers." Read article... Marijuana associated with runner's high CNN | Submitted by: Jim Jones "The same family of chemicals that produces a buzz in marijuana smokers may be responsible for 'runner's high,' the euphoric feeling that some people get when they exercise, U.S. researchers say. High levels of anandamide were found in young men who ran or cycled at a moderate rate for about an hour, according to a study made public this week by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine. Anandamide is a cannabinoid, or lipid molecule, that is naturally produced in the body. It is known to produce sensations that are similar to those of THC, the psychoactive property in marijuana." Read article... Commoner spotted within Foxworthy estate Macon Telegraph | Submitted by: JO "Comedian Jeff Foxworthy has offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a person who trespassed on his rural west-central Georgia property and pointed a gun at his caretaker. Foxworthy, who says poaching has been a problem on his 2,000-acre property in Harris County near the Alabama state line, was hunting one day during the holidays when he saw a person carrying a gun from his deer stand... Foxworthy's property caretaker, Glenn Garner, told state wildlife investigators he confronted the intruder during the Dec. 28 incident." [A whole $2,000? Wow.] Read article...