We get the big stories in our news, but they fade from the headlines eventually. That doesn't mean it's over for the people involved, it just means that the media has moved on to the next big story. You might recall the Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, who was a former KGB agent and a critic of the Kremlin. He was murdered slowly and painfully in Britain by drinking a cup of tea laced with radioactive polonium in 2006. But you don't know what happened to his body after he died. It was so radioactive that they left it alone, hooked up to medical monitors for two days while arrangements were made to move him safely.
The actual autopsy took place on December 1 at London's Royal Hospital. This time, the crew included Dr. Cary, another pathologist, a cop, a photographer, and a dude whose sole function was to wipe all errant blood drops from people's clothes, lest they become polonized. Nearby, an ambulance staff was watching over them in case someone fainted or collapsed. Everyone was wearing the same two-suit getup as Cary, complete with custom battery-powered, air-circulating hoods. If Litvinenko had against all odds opened his eyes, he'd have thought he'd been abducted by a bunch of extremely nervous aliens.
The story is longer and more involved, as are the four other stories in which the aftermath of a big news story is as interesting as what we already know. Read them all at Cracked. No, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is not included.