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Amid stolen body scandal, Harvard releases review of body donation program
An independent review of Harvard’s long-running human body donation program, begun after the discovery that a staffer was allegedly stealing and reselling donated body parts from the Harvard Medical School morgue, has returned dozens of recommendations, university leaders said Thursday.
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Harvard's morgue scandal is part of ‘a much larger story' in trading human remains
The headlines shocked the country in June when multiple people were indicted for allegedly stealing human remains from the Harvard Medical School morgue and sending them to buyers across the country. The case put a spotlight on the online human remains trade and the laws surrounding the buying and selling of body parts in the United States. NBC10 Boston spoke…
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Human skull discovered in Goodwill donation box
A worker at an Arizona Goodwill found a human skull in a box of donated goods.
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Body of hiker missing for 37 years discovered in melting glacier in Switzerland
The remains of a climber who went missing 37 years ago have been discovered on a thawing glacier in the Swiss Alps, Swiss authorities said Thursday.
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New arrest in suspected stolen body parts ring tied to Harvard Medical School
A Kentucky man was arrested this week on a weapons charge after being investigated as part of the suspected human body parts ring that led to a Harvard Medical School morgue official’s arrest last month. The man, William Nott, had about 40 human bones, including skulls, at his house in Mt. Washington, Kentucky, as well as a Harvard Medical School…
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‘Grotesque': Harvard faces new lawsuit for emotional distress over morgue scandal
Harvard is facing another possible lawsuit over the theft and sale of body parts from its morgue. Paula Peltonovich of Newton, New Hampshire, says her father’s remains may have been among those stolen from Harvard Medical School’s morgue and sold on the black market. “They sent my father’s ashes back,” said Peltonovich. “I don’t even know if they are...
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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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‘It's so deviant': Man whose wife's remains may have been impacted responds to Harvard morgue theft
Jack Porter literally fell in love with the girl next door. “It was love at first sight,” said Porter, a research associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. His wife, Raya, was a doctor from Ukraine. “We were very much in love,” he said. They had six years together before she died from colon…
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Man affected by Harvard morgue scheme speaks out
The theft of body parts from the morgue of the Harvard Medical School, and their sale on the black market, has left family members shaken.
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What we know about the ‘disturbing' scheme involving stolen body parts
Seven people in total have been indicted in what investigators have said is a nationwide network of people involved in the stealing, selling and purchasing of human remans, some of which came from Harvard Medical School.
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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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Human body parts stolen from Harvard morgue
Reaction poured in Wednesday after the charges came to light, including from neighbors of the morgue’s manager and from loved ones whose remains were affected.
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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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Harvard reaching out to families in major cadaver theft case
Officials reacted with “profound sadness and distress” to the federal indictment on Wednesday of a former employee of the Harvard Anatomical Gift Program accused of stealing and selling off donors’ body parts 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.