WAS NOT HIS -- BUT D-N-A TESTING PROVES OTHERWISE. AN ARKANSAS WOMAN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES THAT SHE SOLD 20 BOXES OF STOLEN BODY PARTS FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL CADAVERS TO A PENNSYLVANIA MAN. AN INDICTMENT SAYS SHE SOLD NEARLY 11- THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF BODY PARTS TO A PENNSYLAVNIA MAN ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. THE BUYER IS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE FEDERAL INDICTMENT, BUT SEPARATE STATE CHARGES IN PENNSYLVANIA NAME HIM AS JEREMY LEE PAULEY, OF ENOLA, PENNSYLVANIA. Scott was employed a
Arkansas woman accused of selling stolen body parts takes plea deal
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Updated: 1:30 PM CDT Apr 25, 2024
An Arkansas woman accused of selling stolen body parts has taken a plea deal, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Little Rock.Candace Chapman Scott, 37, was accused of selling boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000.Scott met the man through a Facebook group about “oddities" in 2021.At the time, Scott worked at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock sent the remains of bodies that had been donated to science.The federal indictment accused Scott of selling fetuses, brains, hearts, lungs, genitalia, large pieces of skin, and other body parts.She pleaded guilty to transporting stolen body parts across state lines and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. She could face up to 20 years in prison.Other counts of mail fraud, transportation of stolen property, and wire fraud were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas woman accused of selling stolen body parts has taken a plea deal, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Little Rock.
Candace Chapman Scott, 37, was accused of selling boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000.
Scott met the man through a Facebook group about “oddities" in 2021.
At the time, Scott worked at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock sent the remains of bodies that had been donated to science.
The federal indictment accused Scott of selling fetuses, brains, hearts, lungs, genitalia, large pieces of skin, and other body parts.
She pleaded guilty to transporting stolen body parts across state lines and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. She could face up to 20 years in prison.
Other counts of mail fraud, transportation of stolen property, and wire fraud were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
