A case involving a Cumberland County man led a multi-state investigation by the Department of Justice, into the buying and selling of human remains.
"This donor is your first patient," said Evan Goldman, the director of Penn State's Anatomical Gift Program, "We're primarily using the donor to understand every aspect of their anatomy." "East Pennsboro Police contacted us and said hey we have this situation, we have this guy that seems to be selling stuff on Facebook, looks like body parts. Is this illegal?" said Sean McCormack, Cumberland County District Attorney.Human body parts sold on Facebook leads to arrest of Enola man
However, authorities claim she was harvesting body parts from people who were supposed to be cremated. According to the court documents, Scott made more than $10,000. She was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property. They said Maclean would send human skin to Pauley to use his services to tan the skin, creating leather.
"That was one way of me to repay her was mom, I'm going to take care of you now. And she was fighting through everything. She was like, I'll do whatever I can, what can I do to survive. And then ultimately, it took her over. And but when it came to her last day, I, I randomly just woke up in the middle of the night. I was at a dead sleep, I was four months pregnant. And I woke up and I looked over at my mom, and she her breathing was really off.
"The physician would say how are you doing today, and he would say you know I'm not at Harvard yet, so really it became kind of a joke in someways you know. But he was quite proud of it, you know he really was," said Jeanine."I kept the ashes. I didn't buy her because I needed her with me," said Amber. "I pray to God that some of it could possibly be her. But the problem is that I'll never know. She was my everything.
"We are seeking money damages for sure, but that's probably the least of what we're interested in. We really want to see systemic change at Harvard," said Barnett. "We want to see every medical school around the country who is accepting and asking for this kind of gift to look at their policies and procedures."
For decades, medical students would have to buy the bones that they would study. Like students have to buy books now. Ferry said they make sure all of the pieces that he has in the Bones Museum, and in his collection were medical specimens. He said he does that by looking at the "jewelry" on the bones, which could be hinges and latches that show it has medical preparation.to help with that.
Outside of laws the prevent people from robbing graves or mistreating remains, there are a patchwork of state laws that regulate anatomical gift programs. Goldman said they're meticulous for making sure every part of a person is kept together and treated appropriately. He said they also have physical security processes in place as well, including a keycard and lockdown systems.
It would also set strict record keeping requirements, including labeling parts and having all donation consent documentation, and it would establish chain of custody rules throughout the donation process.CBS 21 reached out to the primary sponsors in both chambers. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Lizzie Fletcher denied our requests for an interview. Senators Chris Murphy and Thom Tillis did not reply to our emails.
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