UConn Health: Skulls May Have Been MIA, but Never Left the Campus

FARMINGTON, CT — A few human skulls went missing in action for a bit at UConn Health in what a departmental spokeswoman called a "complicated inventory process."

But the skulls, in reality several parts of them, never left the UConn Health campus and were never "lost" UConn Health Spokeswoman Lauren Woods said.

At the main campus in Storrs, a spokeswoman for the University of Connecticut administration deferred comment to UConn Health representatives.

Woods said the 15 "educational skull models" and their parts are still in use at the UConn School of Medicine.

There exact locations came into question during an inventory review, she acknowledged. They were purchased through an medical education supplier, she said.

"It is challenging to physically tag this type of inventory, especially after it is disassembled into many parts during medical student, dental student and resident education, training and skills-based learning," she said. "The well-used skull models are a valuable teaching tool for our faculty and learning tool for our students."