From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) Subject: FAQ: Body in the Carpet Reposting the FAQ to a.f.college is already producing dividends... We now have a confirmation and actual source for the "body in the carpet" story. In article <1993Mar4.134922.1@gsbacd.uchicago.edu> cc_9d@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >> In article <1993Mar2.023035.26650@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes: >>>Tb.Students find rolled-up carpet; take and unroll in dorm room to find body. > >I was a freshman in Carman in 1985 and was told that this happened on my >floor (8th floor) in the prior year. Anyhow, I suppose you all want some >hard facts..... > >I just went back and checked the New York Times for 1984 and found that this >did happen. On January 30, 1984 the Times reported (Section II, p2, col3) >'THREE STUDENTS DISCOVER CORPSE IN A CARPET FOUND ON STREET' >Three Columbia University students who picked up a discarded, rolled-up >carpet from a West Side sidewalk yesterday discovered a corpse inside >when they took it home, the police said. >"They thought they were going to decorate their little dorm room," said >police Lieutenant James McKenna. "Then they unrolled it and found a body." >The unidentified body was described as a black male in his 20's with >two bullet wounds to the head. Authorities said the students found the >carpet in the Morningside Heights section, near the Columbia Campus. >### > >Michael Reel (Columbia '89), >Graduate School of Business >University of Chicago >CC_9D@GSBVAX.UCHICAGO.EDU -- ted frank | "Earl Warren wasn't a stripper!" thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu | "Oh, now who's being naive?" -- The Simpsons the u of c law school | "Actually, I was looking for a shorter answer." standard disclaimers | -- Doug Baird