Jeremy Pauley
A Pennsylvania man was arrested for getting stolen human stays from an Arkansas lady.
“On June 14th, 2022, the East Pennsboro Township Police acquired a name for suspicious exercise positioned within the 200 block of N. Enola Rd, Enola,” East Pennsboro TWP PD wrote in a information launch. “An investigation was performed and decided {that a} Jeremy Pauley of Enola was buying human physique elements from a feminine in Arkansas. The human stays had been positioned in Enola, Arkansas and Scranton.”
Jeremy Pauley, 40, was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property amongst different costs, NBC Information reported.
Pauley was launched from jail on $50,000 bond.
Jeremy Pauley posted a photograph of human bones on his Fb web page.
ABC Information reported:
A Pennsylvania man was charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and different costs after police say he allegedly tried to purchase stolen human stays from an Arkansas lady for doable resale on Fb.
A spokeswoman for the College of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock confirmed that the stays had been to be donated to UAMS’s facility. UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor stated they had been as a substitute stolen from Arkansas Central Mortuary Providers in Little Rock by a feminine mortuary worker and bought, including that there’s an open federal investigation.
“We’re very respectful of those that donate their our bodies, and we’re appalled that such a factor may occur,” Taylor stated.
A consultant of the mortuary hung up on a reporter who reached out for remark Thursday.
FBI Little Rock spokesman Conor Hagan stated the workplace was conscious of the Pennsylvania incident “however won’t touch upon ongoing investigations.” No costs had been filed as of Thursday in opposition to the Arkansas lady.
Pauley, who described himself as a collector of what he known as “oddities,” together with human physique elements, stated the stays had been acquired legally when first contacted by police, in keeping with a police affidavit. Police initially discovered what they described as older human stays together with full skeletons that they decided had been legally obtained.
Nonetheless, after a second tip about newer stays in Pauley’s dwelling, investigators returned to the home to search out newer purchases. Police discovered three five-gallon buckets containing assorted physique elements— together with of kids— and federal and state regulation enforcement brokers intercepted packages addressed to Pauley from the Arkansas lady that contained physique elements.
Pauley informed investigators that he supposed to resell the physique elements, in keeping with the affidavit. Investigators allege that Pauley organized to pay the Arkansas lady $4,000 for the physique elements by Fb Messenger.
