A Detroit-area couple who ran a black-market body part business butchered donated cadavers with a chainsaw and sold the hacked, diseased pieces to unsuspecting medical students for a hefty profit, officials said.
Arthur and Elizabeth Rathburn and their International Biological Inc. stored body parts from more than 1,000 people inside a warehouse and rented them out for medical or dental training, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday.
Authorities say a customer turned the tables on a would-be robber during a hold-up at a Detroit gas station, fatally shooting the crook.
The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at a Mobil gas station on 7 Mile Road and Meyers, on the city’s west side.
The 29-year-old victim told police he was trying to buy cigarettes at the station’s outside service window when the suspect approached and attempted to rob him. The man told police he pulled out a gun and shot the suspect several times.
The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at a Mobil gas station on 7 Mile Road and Meyers, on the city’s west side.
The U.S. auto industry powered ahead in August, topping sales estimates and shrugging off gyrating stock markets as consumers continued to show their penchant for pickup trucks and SUVs.
The six largest automakers in the U.S. market all beat the sales forecasts of industry analysts, with Toyota, Honda, Nissan and GM reporting declines that were not as severe as expected.
Consumers surprised industry analysts who had expected a decline in August sales. Results on Tuesday indicated sales of about 17.5 million vehicles on an annualized basis, besting the forecast of 17.3 million vehicles in a Thomson Reuters poll of 47 economists.
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Photography is strictly prohibited at the 18-and-older event unless, of course
, you’re a $75 VIP ticket holder. Those partygoers will have an exclusive opportunity to be photographed seated on the Baphomet monument.
The event originally was to take place at a Detroit restaurant, but the venue’s owner said he canceled it after learning of the statue’s unveiling and of the Satanic Temple’s involvement. The group said they were very transparent, though, signing the contract as the “Satanic Temple.”
The statue had been planned for the state Capitol in Oklahoma City until Oklahoma’s Supreme Court banned a monument of the Ten Commandments on Capitol grounds.
Detroit was ultimately selected for the unveiling because The Satanic Temple in the city has a “strong congregation,” with more than 200 registered members.
The Satanic Temple says it advocates for the separation of church and state. It now wants to erect it outside Arkansas’ Statehouse where a Ten Commandments monument also is planned.
The Satanic Temple has said Saturday’s private event will be open only to people with tickets, $25 each. Invitations to “The Unveiling” summoned guests to prepare for “a night of chaos, noise, and debauchery… Come dance with the Devil and experience history in the making.” The event location is not being announced publicly and is known only to those with tickets.
The group said the bronze Baphomet monument, which weighs about one ton and has never been seen before in public, “is not only an unparalleled artistic triumph, but stands as a testament to plurality and the power of collective action.” The statue, which backed by an inverted pentagram and flanked by statues of two young children gazing up at the creature, shows Satan with horns, hooves, wings and a beard.
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