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bereaved parent p.cadena challenges law that allows medical examiner ultimate control over human remains after he takesdaughter's head and gives it to w.maples for research (picture)

Title: 
bereaved parent p.cadena challenges law that allows medical examiner ultimate control over human remains after he takesdaughter's head and gives it to w.maples for research (picture)
Annotation: 
This is the first in a series of three articles on the activities of W. Hamilton and people's reactions to them.Subsequent stories are located on pg. 1A of the Feb. 17 and 18 papers.
Name(s): 
hamilton, william
cadena, pat
melton, rita
maples, william
last rights: who controls your body after death
Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 1997
Locator: 
1a:2
Type: 
news

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