Dover mortuary supervisor resigns over mishandled Sept. 11 remains A former supervisor at the military's Dover mortuary has resigned in the widening scandal over mishandling of remains of America's war dead and Sept. 11 victims, according to two U.S. government officials. Quinton R. Keel, a civilian working for the Air Force, was in charge of the Dover mortuary when body parts of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan were lost, and the arm of a dead Marine was sawed off without his family's permission. Keel was reassigned last year to a non-supervisory job at the Delaware facility after Air Force officials said he and two other supervisors committed "gross mismanagement." A separate Pentagon investigation released this week found that human remains from the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon were incinerated and dumped in a landfill. Keel could not be reached for comment Friday. His departure was first reported by the Washington Post. "Mr. Keel has left the federal service," Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein said, declining further comment. The Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency that investigates whistle-blower complaints, said in a statement that Keel and other supervisors had retaliated against three employees who had complained about practices at the mortuary, including by trying to fire one of the employees. It also accused Keel of misleading investigators. "It is not surprising that he has resigned," the agency said in a statement. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta asked the Air Force to review whether Keel and two mortuary officials had been disciplined adequately. The Air Force is planning to release its findings later this month.