Unclaimed Bodies Fuel Secretive Industry With Little Oversight

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BODY BROKERS,MEDICAL RESEARCH,UNCLAIMED BODIES

An NBC News investigation reveals the disturbing practice of sending unclaimed bodies to profit-driven brokers, raising serious ethical and legal concerns.

A recent NBC News investigation uncovered the alarming practice of sending unclaimed bodies to for-profit body brokers, highlighting the dangers of an inadequately regulated industry. Karen Wandel, a lawyer, discovered her father, Libero Marinelli Jr., had died in a South Carolina hospital five months prior, and his body was sent to a body broker instead of being claimed by family or buried in a veterans' cemetery. Wandel expressed her shock and desire for accountability from those involved.

Despite growing public concern and actions taken by many medical institutions and states to halt the practice, the lack of federal regulations and oversight allows it to persist. The investigation sheds light on the prevalence of this issue through public records requests, revealing the methods and locations where unclaimed bodies are used in medical research

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