One would hope it turns out to be premeditated. Surely that's a lot better than the idea of someone passing by a dead man and thinking, "I'm gonna take his testicles!"

The mystery began with the discovery of a body formerly answering to the name of Stephen Prudhoe on the floor of his Blacon, Cheshire, England apartment. Forensic tests showed Prudhoe had had pneumonia and died of a heart attack. It's also known that, after Prudhoe's death, someone used something sharp to remove his naughty bits. But no one knows who did it and why. A dozen detectives are working on answering those questions, as well as trying to deduce whether Prudhoe's fatal heart attack was God's will or brought on by the notion of having his genitals removed.

Early suspicion that Prudhoe's dog Milo had made a little snack of his master's genitals has been cast off like Prudhoe's testicles.

» Scott Saxon