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Matthew Lampi, the longtime owner of a tattoo parlor outside Minneapolis, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for buying, trading and selling stolen human remains, including “hearts, brains, an arm ...
Instagram, Etsy and Gumtree users could exploit a legal loophole to buy and sell colonial-era human remains, an MP fears. Bell Ribeiro-Addy told the Commons she had heard cases of body parts sold ...
The parts stolen and sold included heads, brains, skin, bones, vital organs and other human parts. [6] Other reports state that the operation allegedly sold stillborn babies due for cremation. [7] One of the indicted buyers had posted a photo of a real human skull on Instagram and another had purchased skin with the intent to make leather. [8] [9]
Obteen Nassiri lost his chiropractor license and started dealing bodies. His company, Med Ed Labs, faced scandals, including complaints that he mishandled human remains.
The state of Florida prohibits the sale or purchase of human remains and "Authorizes certain science centers located in this state to transport plastinated bodies into, within, or out of this state and exhibit such bodies for the purpose of public education without the consent of this state's anatomical board if the science center notifies the ...
The bodies are prevented from decaying by means of plastination, a rubberization process patented in the 1970s by anatomist Gunther von Hagens.The essence of the process is the replacement of water and fatty material in the cells of the body first by acetone and then by plastics, such as silicone rubber, polyester or epoxy resin.
According to Othram, a biotech company that focuses on DNA identification, in America alone, there are as many as 250,000 unsolved homicides and 75,000 unidentified human remains.
A former victim of human trafficking, Yeary disappeared sometime in the summer of 2008, after her mother was unable to drive her back home. On November 23, 2008, Yeary's body was found in Campbellsport, Wisconsin, but went unidentified until 2021. Her killer(s) have not been located thus far. [237] Murdered 13 years 2008 Sean Langan: 43