The producers say they hired Chip Johannessen, a former "24" writer and showrunner on "Dexter, " because of his skill with tense action-thriller plots.

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"The Icelander's attitude is, if my sickness can do something good for curing other people, then it's a good thing, " says Matthias Johannessen, editor of Morgunbladid, Iceland's largest daily.

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But Kenyon International Emergency Services, the private company hired by the state to remove the bodies, is on call if any other body is found, said Bob Johannessen, a spokesman with the state Department of Health and Hospitals.

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