ABC 33/40 News has obtained court documents revealing another case of a deceased Alabama inmate's body found missing organs. The body of Charles Edward Singleto
ABC 33/40 News has obtained court documents revealing another case of a deceased Alabama inmate's body found missing organs. The body of Charles Edward Singleton was returned to his family missing all organs including his brain.
Perhaps as an anatomical specimen for study? There’s a market for that. It’s usually where someone ends up when they legitimately donate their body to ‘science’.
That is not a joke. There is so much cash changing hands that "medical" practices are getting into patient care just to be able to enroll them in lucrative trials -- and when the studies are double or quadruple blinded, there may not even be any real patients at all.
And if you do happen to be aware of just how widespread clinical trial fraud is, don't forget about where the first study cadavers came from, purchased by very respectable schools of higher education. So many that throughout the 19th century graves had all manner of anti-theft devices, watchmen, and story material for Edgar Allan Poe.
EDITED TO ADD: I only linked one part, but this is an eight-parts series by Reuters, and an excellent read for anyone who really wants to understand how widespread this is (may I suggest not reading it anywhere near bedtime):
Do you know how someone goes about getting set up to donate their body to science? I want that done with my body, but have no idea how to get it set up and put in a will.