Before Zoe Sawyer could even ask, Sean Hughes, who already understood the implications, had his expression turn grim.
"Are you saying someone dug up a grave, hoping to burn the remains into ash and snort it like drugs?" Sean Hughes gritted his teeth, squeezing the words out.
Before Heath Hale could answer, Sean continued, "Weren't there PSAs about this? That the amount of drug residue in the bones of people who've died from an overdose is so small it can't produce any physiological effects?"
"There are always addicts who get desperate enough to try anything when they're broke," Heath Hale said, rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration.
He recounted the case to Zoe Sawyer and Sean Hughes from the beginning.
The person who discovered something was wrong was a young woman who had recently lost her job and come home to rest for a few days.
