PIG FOOD

An organic farmer is putting the "organ" in "organic" after he fed the corpse of his dead friend to his pigs, which then were sold as "bio-fed" meat at local butcher shops.

Christian Roeben, 28, of Fritzlar, Germany, near Frankfurt, admits to feeding the body of the elderly man who died during a visit in order to collect his pension money.

According to the Scotsman, Roeben told people that Friedhelm Bogner, 73, had left his sheltered housing unit and gone into a nursing home.

But in reality, Bogner had died in January 2005, and his body was kept frozen until it Roeben chopped it up with a chainsaw and mixed in with oats and swill for his herd of swine.

The victim's remains were fed to the pigs over a week-long period. The swine were then sold to local meat suppliers with the designation of "bio-fed" animals.

The Scotsman reports Roeben managed to gain authorized access to Bogner's bank account during the time he knew him, and was therefore able to usurp the victim's pension checks. He spent the $2,600 per month on beer, foreign vacations, and a large pornography collection.

When fellow retirees became suspicious of the whereabouts of Bogner, Roeben concocted another story, saying that Bogner died and he had buried his ashes in an urn in a nearby cemetery "because the vicar was on holiday."

The friends went to the police, and Roeben eventually confessed under questioning.
Authorities say because Bogner had a history of heart disease, they don't believe he was murdered. -- WORLDNETDAILY