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2023-11-03 18:54:42 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F6700CE6C398D88F68989BD0B4936602C790E4F7DAA7C6B0AB49AE53BD11CCC4
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The center accepted bodies donated to science. These centers extract parts and cremate the body. In 2014 the FBI found that parts may have been sold, used to test bombs, and sown together to produce enough ashes to give back to families. This did make national news: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-sewn-together-frankenstein-donation-center-fbi-found-n1035131 https://www.businessinsider.com/philip-guyett-body-broker-theory-arizona-center-sewed-body-parts-2019-8 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198405 https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/27/us/arizona-lawsuit-body-parts-company-sued/index.html
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