A Pennsylvania man was charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property & other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook.
The remains were stolen from Arkansas Central Mortuary Services in Little Rock by a female mortuary employee & sold.
An FBI spokesman said he was of incident "but will not comment on ongoing investigations." No charges had been filed as of Thursday against the Arkansas woman.
East Pennsboro Township Police in Pennsylvania announced the arrest of & charges against 40-year-old Jeremy Lee Pauley, of Enola, Pennsylvania. Pauley had been arrested on July 22 & had an initial court appearance Thursday.
Pauley was released on $50,000 bond.
On a Facebook page under his name, Pauley has posted pictures of bags & stacks of femurs, one captioned, "Picked up more medical bones to sort through." The Facebook page he uses to market his body parts is called "The Grand Wunderkammer," "Vendors of the odd & unusual, museum exhibits, guest lectures, live entertainment & so much more! Strange, curious & unique in every way possible!" It also provides a link to his website.
"I think I've seen it all, and then something like this comes around," said Sean McCormack, district attorney for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. "The question we had to answer was, Is the sale of body parts or bones & remains illegal ... or legal? Some of it, to our surprise, was legal. And as the investigation went on, it became clear there was illegal activity going on as well."
Pauley told investigators that he intended to resell the body parts, according to the affidavit. Investigators allege that Pauley arranged to pay the Arkansas woman $4,000 for the body parts through Facebook Messenger.
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Source: CBS Philadelphia
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