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HUMAN REMAINS FROM PRIVATE
AUTOPSIES HE PERFORMED, AND KEPT
THEM IN A PENSACOLA STORAGE
UNIT. THE FLORIDA STATE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SAYS BODY PARTS OF MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE WERE FOUND IN THE UNIT.
BUT OF THOSE 100, THEY'VE ONLY
IDENTIFIED FOUR PEOPLE. FOX10
NEWS REPORTER CANDACE MURPHY
BRINGS YOU THAT STORY.
FLORIDA STATE ATTORNEY BILL
EDDINS SAYS HE BELIEVES THE
INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER
MEDICAL EXAMINER DOCTOR MICHAEL
BERKLAND IS NOW COMPLETE.
BERKLAND IS CHARGED WITH
IMPROPER STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE AND ONE COUNT OF PUBLIC
NUISANCE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE
CHARGES, THE STATE
ATTORNEYS OFFICE ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY, BERKLAND IS ALSO
CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF
THEFT FOR HAVING FOUR WHOLE
HEARTS AND
BRAINS IN HIS POSSESSION. THE
FLORIDA STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IDENTIFIED THE FOUR VICTIMS AS:
JOYCE HENDLER, MELINDA WATFORD,
JERRY
PREYER, AND CLARK HOSMER. THE
FLORIDA STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
SAYS FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE
VICTIMS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND
IT IS
MOVING FORWARD WITH PROSECUTING
BERKLAND.
Phoner-Fl. State Att. "In all
cases, we evaluate our case by
determining from the victim
whether or not they're willing
to testify
and desire to move forward and
we've done that in this case.
and they do." FOX10 HAS LEARNED
ONE OF THE VICTIMS, JERRY PREYER
WAS A
MENTALLY ILL INMATE AT THE
ESCAMBIA COUNTY JAIL.
HE DIED IN JUNE OF 2006
FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION WITH
DETENTION DEPUTIES
IN WHICH HE WAS SHOCKED SEVERAL
TIMES WITH A TASER STUN GUN.
WE CONTACTED SOME OF THE
VICTIMS' FAMILY MEMBERS BUT WERE
UNABLE TO
REACH THEM. REPORTING IN MOBILE,
CANDACE
MURPHY, FOX10 NEWS.
BERKLAND IS EXPECTED IN COURT ON
JANUARY 9.
A PENSACOLA TODDLER IS
RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER BEING
STRUCK