Fast forward to 2018 and Kim – who had undertaken her own research – visited Real Bodies, a touring anatomy exhibition known for displaying real human cadavers preserved through a process called plastination.
There she saw a skinned, seated figure known as “The Thinker”, and instantly believed she was looking at her son.
“It was unbelievably painful. My words cannot describe how this shook me and my family to its core. I was looking at pictures of my son’s skinned, butchered body. It is gut-wrenching.”
The figure labeled “The Thinker” appeared to display the same right-temple skull fracture she had seen in Chris’s medical records.
Additionally, she noted that the shoulder area – where her son had a tattoo – had been carved clean, which she believes may have been a deliberate attempt to conceal his identity. The physical resemblance was too specific to ignore, and what began as a search for closure quickly turned into a new chapter in her investigation.
“I knew it was him. It was so unbelievably painful to look at. My words cannot describe how this shook me and my family to its core. I was actually looking at pictures of my son’s skinned, butchered body. It is gut-wrenching,” she said, per the Express.Continue reading…
