I saw this on tonight while watching the news with my friend....I don't think i could speak for a good minute which is rare for me...it's pretty much the worst story I have ever heard when it comes to the complete and utter disrespect to the family and also the person that passed away
This despicable story is right up there with what these ghouls perpetrated. They used plumbing pipes as replacements for bones taken out of cadavers and further desecrated bodies by using them to dispose of their nasty aprons and gloves before sealing the corpses. I can't imagine the profits they reaped from the heinous scam. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/funeral_director_reaches_plea.html Funeral director reaches plea agreement in stolen body parts case Authorities say Maitner and Finley secretly sold body parts from their deceased clients to the scam's ringleader, Michael Mastromarino, a former Fort Lee dentist. Mastromarino, who is serving a lengthy prison term in New York, employed a network of funeral directors in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The group collectively stole tissue, bones and other parts from hundreds of corpses between 2001 and 2005 and sold them to Mastromarino's firm, Biomedical Tissue Services, which in turn resold the material for transplant across the country. Authorities have estimated 10,000 patients nationwide have received tissue supplied by Mastromarino for dental implants, knee and hip replacements and other procedures. The tissue was not medically screened, leading to concerns that many people received tainted parts. Scores of lawsuits have been filed around the country, with some people claiming the tissue transmitted diseases, including hepatitis B.
