Mortician involved in sawing off Tampa area Marine's arm resigns

Mortician involved in sawing off Tampa area Marine's arm resigns
By HOWARD ALTMAN
The Tampa Tribune
Published: March 02, 2012

TAMPA --
The resignation of a Dover Port Mortuary supervisor who ordered their dead son's arm sawed off so it could fit into his Marine uniform is bringing little solace to a Thonotosassa couple.

The Air Force should have fired Quinton Keel immediately after learning that Keel ordered Sgt. Daniel Angus's arm sawed off over the objections of embalmers and without the family's permission, said Mark O'Brien, an attorney representing Kathy and William Angus.

The Air Force acknowledged Keel's resignation in a one-sentence statement this afternoon, but did not say when he resigned or why.

Sgt. Daniel Angus, 28, died in January 2010, after stepping on an improvised explosive device in Helmand province in Afghanistan. The next month, as the body was being prepared for a funeral, Keel ordered the removal of Angus' left arm bone after employees had difficulty placing the arm in the uniform.
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