Mich. Woman Tries to Sell Mummy on EBay

PORT HURON, MICH. — Officials are trying to track down the origins of a mummified human skeleton that a Michigan woman tried to sell on eBay.The St. Clair County medical examiner's office confiscated the mummified remains Tuesday from the home of Lynn Sterling.Sterling, 45, told police she got the remains from a friend who works in demolition and said he found them in a Detroit school he helped tear down nearly 30 years ago, police said. She said she had contacted an attorney before posting the remains for sale.

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