US Former Mortuary Worker Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Human Body Parts Online

In a shocking crime Candace Chapman Scott, a 37-year-old woman, an ex-mortuary worker from Alabama was recently sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegally selling human body parts, including fetal tissue to Jeremy Lee Pauley, 42, a self-proclaimed “oddities collector” from Pennsylvania. 

The two criminals met through a Facebook group that “openly discussed the sale of body parts”, according to Jonathan D. Ross, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 

Spanning from October 2021 to July 2022, Scott illegally sold human remains from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Anatomical Gift Program to Pauley, who paid her $10,625 for 24 boxes of body parts containing a skull, brain, arm, ear, several lungs, hearts, breasts, a belly button, testicles, and more. 

The FBI investigators found several body parts from Scott’s home and her connection to a case involving Harvard Medical School, admitted her crime during questioning. Upon further investigation, they discovered that Scott even misled grieving families by ensuring them their loved one’s remains had been cremated. Still, in reality, they were being trafficked in an underground network. 

During Scott’s sentencing, Judge Brian S. Miller described her crime as “some of the worst” he had ever seen and sentenced her to 15 years in prison. Also, the judge apologized to the grieving families. 

Pauley, who purchased the remains from Scott pleaded guilty to conspiracy and interstate trafficking of human body parts. He stays out on bond and is awaiting sentencing in Pennsylvania.

Reference:

1. Yaron, Peter. "Mortuary Worker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Body Parts Online to Sicko Covered in Face Tattoos and Piercings." New York Post, January 19, 2025. https://nypost.com/2025/01/19/us-news/mmortuary-worker-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-selling-body-parts-online-to-sicko-covered-in-face-tattoos-and-piercings/

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