Whereabouts of rest of body, alive or dead, unknown<\/em><\/h3>\n![\"Photo](\"images\/stories\/hand\/duffys.jpg\" "\\"Farmer")
Local cotton farmer John Reagle was arrested Sunday night at Duffy’s Bar and Grill after displaying what he claimed was a human hand to other patrons. Reagle, 43, is a longtime resident of the Oxford area and was described as a regular at Duffy’s.<\/p>\n
The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff’s Department verified Monday morning that they had taken Reagle into custody, but declined to provide details on the charges.<\/p>\n
Public Information Officer Elizabeth Jones said by telephone that the alleged hand was taken into evidence for further analysis.<\/p>\n
Jones would not say whether investigators have confirmed that the item is a human hand. Jones also declined to speculate whether the hand’s owner\u2014if it is found to be human\u2014could have survived the injury.<\/p>\n
Duffy’s bartender, Patrick Mulvaney, said he contacted authorities after observing Reagle showing the hand to several customers.<\/p>\n
“He had it in one of those plastic containers like you keep leftovers in,” said Mulvaney. “He kept showing that thing to people, and at first, I thought it was just a joke. But some people were getting upset, and when I got a look at it myself, I knew something just wasn’t right.”<\/p>\n
Several Duffy’s employees said Reagle had claimed the hand belonged to his former girlfriend, who reportedly has not been seen in Oxford since June.<\/p>\n
The same employees added that the hand did not appear to them to be a woman’s hand. However, they couldn’t be sure because Reagle never took the hand out of the plastic container or opened the container to let them get a closer look.<\/p>\n
Witnesses who had seen the hand described it as “dirty” and “a weird color.”<\/p>\n
One Duffy’s customer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Reagle had opened a corner of the container for him. “The smell was so bad, I almost puked right there on the spot,” the customer reported.<\/p>\n
Reagle’s first court appearance is scheduled for later today.<\/p>\n
By Kemper Jones at 7:00 AM<\/h4>\n
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Local cotton farmer John Reagle was arrested Sunday night at Duffy’s Bar and Grill after displaying what he claimed was a human hand to other patrons. Reagle, 43, is a longtime resident of the Oxford area and was described as a regular at Duffy’s.<\/p>\n