Posted on 04/11/2019 7:16:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The outlet reported that people donated the bodies of their loved ones to the Biological Resource Center of Illinois with the promise that they would be donated for medical research.
Instead, the bodies were kept on ice and allegedly sold, some for up to $100,000, according to a search warrant.
Federal prosecutors said the people who bought the bodies reportedly did not know they had tested positive for infectious diseases.
According to CBS 2, the Greenes allegedly sold the diseased remains from 2008 to 2014.
The charges allege the Greenes sold at least one part to Detroit Medical Center’s sports medicine department that “had previously tested positive for hepatitis,” allegedly concealed from the center by Greene Sr., according to the outlet.
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The defense will claim they actually are part of Planned Parenthood.
It’s nice to see fathers and sons still do things together.
People like that should tried and convicted for murder and attempted murder and then executed in the electric chair.
Man, if you can’t trust a black-market body organ vendor, who can you trust?
LOL....always appreciate your take, in this upside down world :-)
It depends if they’re entitled to the JussieNotJessie Smollett defense, or not.
I wouldn’t have called the police if that kidney hadn’t been infected.
Will the prosecution claim the buyer got stiffed?
I guess this is not a dead issue.
Life imitating art - I believe Elmentary and Bones TV shows - have done episodes on this behavior
I honestly don’t understand how some of you can joke.........what if someone in your family received a diseased body part?
This is what they were doing right?......making money off stolen diseased body parts.
Almost literally, gallows humor.
Remember this one?
Alistair Cooke’s bones stolen by New York gang
The Guardian
Dec 22, 2005 · Family’s dismay after Alistair Cooke’s bones stolen by New York gang. · Relatives of “Letter from America” author ‘outraged’ · Body parts ring included surgeons and undertakers. Gary Younge in ...
These ghouls would put pvc pipe in place of arms and legs for folks being given an open casket funeral.
I wonder about the thought process that would lead you into that business.
Hey Dad, I have a great idea for a new business! You know how people need organs, well.....
Another thing they’ll be doing together: time.
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