Hundreds of body parts discovered in federal raid on suburban Chicago crematorium

Daily Mail ^ | 1/15/15 | Jill Reilly

[Libloather]

Hundreds of body parts have been discovered in a federal raid on a suburban Chicago crematorium as part of an investigation into the body part black market.

FBI agents and agents with the Centers for Disease Control, wearing bio-hazard suits, raided two Cremation Services Inc. in Schiller Park on Tuesday.

Biological Resource Center of Illinois in Rosemont, a body donation service, was also raided this week.

[Libloather]

The news outlet reports the investigation that started in Detroit where it was discovered that thousands of body parts were kept on ice instead of being embalmed, allegedly ready for the black market. In January last year, FBI agents in Phoenix also raided the Biological Resource Center of Arizona - agents were reportedly looking into the alleged misuse of bodies donated for medical research.

Don't forget to call the IRS to get approval for any medical procedure.

[kaehurowing]

Do you want to play a game?

[9thLife]

That’s the Chicago way.

[dfwgator]

Parts is parts.

[CGASMIA68]

didn’t read it but it looks like all those or many families that though they got cremains of a loved on got stuff from some ones BBQ grill...and the love one was sliced and diced and sold...pretty creepy..Book Em Dano

[razorback-bert]

Chop shop

[Bobalu]

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m sure it was all perfectly innocent, and I’d be shocked if the prosecutor claims the crematorium doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

[Veggie Todd]

Body part black market? Sounds racist.

[bakeneko]

Oh Snap; there goes our voter registration drive!

[mylife]

"Never let a crisis go to waste"

Sell them livers!

[tumblindice]

I could use a new azzwhole. I sent my old one to Washington.

[al baby]

He would have an enormous schwanzstucker

[Redcitizen]

It costs an ARM and a LEG to get cremated at that place. Now that they got busted, heads will roll. BUTT I’m sure they’re breathing a THIGH of relief to get things off their CHEST.

[ClearCase_guy]

That goes without saying.

[Smokin' Joe]

Eye an sure they’ll need a hand sorting all that out.

[dowcaet]

Good one. First thing I thought of when reading this was the Untouchables.

[Veggie Todd]

That’s a real KNEE slapper.

[golux]

Something tells me the prosthetics industry had a hand in this.

[Steely Tom]

There was a case about ten years ago of a guy who was owned a crematorium, but was faking its operation and just taking the bodies and dumping in a swamp. Basically, the machinery broke and the owner didn't know how to fix it and just said "screw it" and started dumping the bodies.

Wikipedia article on it: Tri State Crematory.