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Class-action suit filed over alleged Harvard morgue body part thefts
A class-action suit, filed in Massachusetts’ Suffolk Superior Court Friday, seeks “monetary damages for the severe emotional distress caused” by an alleged body part-selling scheme at the Harvard Medical School morgue.
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Human body parts stolen from Harvard morgue. What we know about the ‘disturbing' scheme
An alleged scheme involving the exchange of human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School’s morgue for money was made public on Wednesday, as unsealed federal charging documents depicted an apparently lucrative black market for body parts.
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‘The whole thing's wrong': Loved ones respond to theft and sale of human remains
Charges have been brought against a group of people accused of stealing parts of donated bodies from Harvard Medical School’s morgue and selling them on the black market
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Feds: Human brains, skin stolen from Harvard morgue, sold on black market
A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School’s morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue’s manager and his wife, among others.
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More Remains Found After Possible Child's Leg Turns Up at NYC Sewage Plant: Sources
Police recovered another limb believed to be linked to the person whose severed leg turned up on a sewage conveyor belt at a Bronx wastewater treatment plant a day ago, though who the body parts belong to remain a mystery as of Thursday, according to authorities and law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case. Law enforcement sources said…
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More Human Remains Found at Bronx Sewage Facility
Police recovered another limb believed to be linked to the person whose severed leg turned up on a sewage conveyor belt at a Bronx wastewater treatment plant a day ago, though who the body parts belong to remain a mystery as of Thursday, officials say.
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Human Remains Found at Bronx Sewage Facility
News 4’s Ida Siegal is reporting Hunts Point where investigators have been looking for clues on the humans remains found in sewage facility.
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Leg Possibly Belonging to Young Person Turns Up on NYC Sewage Conveyor Belt: Sources
A city employee made a gruesome discovery at a Bronx filtration facility on Wednesday when what appeared to be half of a person’s leg turned up on a sewage conveyor belt, authorities say. Law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation tell News 4 the leg looked like it could have belonged to a baby or a young person. The…
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Police: Pennsylvania Man Tried to Buy Stolen Human Remains on Facebook
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook. A spokeswoman for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock confirmed that the remains were donated to UAMS’s facility but...
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Police: Bones Found in Queens Basement May Belong to Girlfriend
Police were back at a Queens home on Sunday as the investigation into human remains found in the basement continues.
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Harvard Holds Human Remains of Enslaved Individuals, Native Americans: Report
Harvard University still has the remains of at least 19 people who were likely enslaved and nearly 7,000 Native Americans, according to the school’s newspaper.
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New Task Force Hopes to Solve Decade-Old Mystery of Human Remains Found on Long Island
A new interagency task force including investigators from the FBI, as well as state and local police departments, will try to solve the decade-old mystery of human remains found strewn along a New York beach highway, officials announced Tuesday. The formation of the Gilgo Beach task force represents a renewed commitment to investigating the unsolved killings of mostly young women…