Human head, liver meant for Mich. lab sent to couple’s home

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A human liver and part of a head were accidentally delivered to a couple’s home instead of the northern Michigan lab that was expecting them, delivery service DHL said.\nThe preserved parts, sent from China and meant for medical research, were mistakenly dropped off March 1 at Franc and Ludivine Larmande’s home near Grand Rapids.\nThe bubble-wrapped items were part of a larger shipment that became separated and were left by a DHL driver who believed they were pieces to a table also delivered to the Larmandes. The body parts, which had been treated by a procedure that hardens and protects them, were intended for Traverse City-based Corcoran Laboratories Inc., DHL said.\nThe recovered specimens were shipped to the lab, and all the missing parts have been accounted for, the company said.