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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Michigan residents mine bodies for cash; Sellers offer hair, blood...


Heidi Fetzner initially planned to donate her locks before seeing that someone was willing to pay $1,000 for them. (Velvet S. McNeil / The Detroit News)

Heidi Fetzner is unemployed and willing to be creative to make a few bucks. So when the German and psychology student at Kalamazoo College realized someone was willing to pay her $1,000 for her long brunette locks, her attitude was: Break out the scissors.

"Most of it I'm going to put in my bank account and just save because school is expensive," said Fetzner, 20, of Commerce Township. "It's a lot of money. You gotta do what you gotta do."

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