LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas mortuary worker pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that she sold 24 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000.
She was among several charged recently in what prosecutors have called a nationwide scheme to steal and sell human body parts from an Arkansas mortuary and Harvard Medical School.
Candace Chapman Scott, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of interstate transportation of stolen property. She had pleaded not guilty when she was indicted last year in the case.
An indictment unsealed last year accused Scott of setting up the transactions with Jeremy Pauley, a Pennsylvania man she met through a Facebook group about “oddities.”
In September, Pauley pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft and sale of the body parts from the Arkansas mortuary and Harvard.
Bryce Harper homers in return from daughter's birth as Phillies beat Reds 5
The northern section of Beijing Subway Line 17 will open by the end of the year
China envoy embarks on shuttle diplomacy
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to become general director of Opera Philadelphia
EU mulls boosting military spending, relying less on U.S.
EU mulls boosting military spending, relying less on U.S.
The only land port between China and Pakistan welcomed its first customs clearance of 2024
Orpheus Pledger: Home and Away star is arrested after sparking a three
European leaders hit back at Macron remark
First cargo ship passes through newly opened channel in Baltimore
Sweden ready to complete NATO membership bid