Funeral home owners admit to selling parts from corpses
The Constable on September 4th, 2008
Obviously this is a bit off-topic, but since this site is related to theft, I thought this was worth a quick mention. It does bring up some interesting questions of ownership, in my opinion. Like, why does a family own rights over a dead body after someone dies? Shouldn’t they go back into the public domain?
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They allowed at least 244 corpses to be carved up without families’ permission. Skin, bones, tendons and other parts, some of them diseased, were then sold around the country for dental implants, knee and hip replacements, and other procedures. Among the corpses plundered was that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke.
