Ghoul Steals Body of Alistair Cooke, "Masterpiece Theatre" host.

[Gatorubet]

Mastermind admits stolen body parts scheme - CNN.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from
funeral homes and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday in
a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades.

Michael Mastromarino, a 44-year-old former oral surgeon, confessed
to the judge that he carried out the scheme from 2001 to 2005. He will
face between 18 years and 54 years and will have to forfeit $4.68 million.
He faced a long list of charges, including enterprise corruption, body stealing,
grand larceny and forgery....

The looted bodies included that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke.



Bloody awful, really...

 

[DaytonBuck]

Mastermind admits stolen body parts scheme - CNN.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from
funeral homes and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday in
a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades.

Michael Mastromarino, a 44-year-old former oral surgeon, confessed
to the judge that he carried out the scheme from 2001 to 2005. He will
face between 18 years and 54 years and will have to forfeit $4.68 million.
He faced a long list of charges, including enterprise corruption, body stealing,
grand larceny and forgery....

The looted bodies included that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke.



Bloody awful, really...

I just wonder how much this stuff goes on. Seems like a lot of easy money if you cover your tracks. He catch federal charges?

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

Invasion of the body snatchers.

 

[BB73]

Fuckin' oral surgeons, always stealing dead bodies and shit.

 

[OCBuckWife]

It's not at all a "new" crime.

[SIZE=-1]Today, if a Cambridge anatomy student wanted to practise dissection, they would not have too many problems in legally acquiring a body to use. However in the 18th and early 19th Centuries, strict legal restrictions on dissection meant that only one source of bodies was sanctioned ? hanged murderers. With a growing number of people studying medicine, demand soon outstripped the supply of corpses, leading to an underground trade in the dead. ?Professional? bodysnatchers, or resurrectionists, emerged, who raided graveyards and sold their wares onto anatomy schools like the one at Cambridge. Although dangerous work, it was highly lucrative, and the bodysnatchers could virtually name their price, as schools depended on them for a continuous supply of bodies. But they were never popular, and during their heyday from 1740-1830, they encountered both hostility and violence from the Cambridge public[/SIZE]

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Where there is a demand, there will be supply.
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[Gatorubet]

Authorities released photos of exhumed corpses that were boned below the waist.
Prosecutors said the defendants had made a crude attempt to cover their tracks by
sewing PVC pipe back into the bodies in time for open-casket wakes.

Yeah...like that would make it ok.