southerly PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- A di...

southerly PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- A divideed hand was found at the fireside of an exotic dancer who decorated her abode with skulls, and she was charged with improper disposition of human remains, authorities said.

Friends said the hand had been given to the woman at a medical student.

Police responding to a report of a suicidal somebody at the home of 31-year-old Linda Kay discovered the large, roughly separateed hand in a jar of formaldehyde forward a bedroom dresser, according to the police report. The bring under rule of the suicidal person report was not located, authorities said.

Six craniums were found in another place and the Middlesex County medical examiner determined that all are human.

Kay was arrested Friday and fre onward $100,000 bail pending arraignment Wednesday. No lawyer had filed papers forward her behalf Tuesday, a court administrator said.

No telephone number was listed for Kay and there was no immediate observation from her.

sum of two units people who knew Kay told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the hand, which Kay nicknamed "Freddy" was a gift from a medical close examiner who frequented an all-nude juice bar where she dances.

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