Legacy MattersFinally charges have been brought in the scam I wrote about in Rogue Funeral Homes and Looted Corpses
The New York Post reports the details of the body parts scam the Assistant Brooklyn Attorney called "nothing short of medical terrorism."
They harvested parts from 1077 bodies but only once obtained the OK from relatives.
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Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes said, "What happened here is like something out of a cheap, horror movie. This case is unique in the utter disregard for human decency."
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Detective Patricia O'Brien got the case and uncovered "a horror story that would shake the funeral industry to its core," said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
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I was shocked by the enormity of the operation," said O'Brien who was promoted to the Major Case Squad for her work.
Eventually, six bodies were exhumed and the detectives witnessed firsthand "the unspeakable desecration of the bodies," Kelly said.
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Hynes said the photos prove that the defendants removed bone and replaced it with plastic pipe — normally used for plumbing — to conceal the theft.