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The report describes the Biological Resource Center, a Phoenix facility located near 24th Street and University, as having operated like a “Frankenstein” chop shop for human body parts. According to new claims in court documents, the center was essentially mixing, matching, and selling body parts in ways never heard of before. An FBI agent who raided the building in 2014 revealed the disturbing inside view: everything from buckets of heads, arms, and legs to coolers filled with severed penises. Confused and angry, the agent said, “We thought this was gonna be doing some good,” and described seeing a smaller head sewn onto a larger torso in a Frankenstein-like manner.
The center collected bodies donated by families for medical research, with promises that their loved ones' remains would be used for discovery of sickness and disease and perhaps a cure. The reports state that some say the company violated everything they promised. Families’ loved ones were claimed to have not been treated with dignity and respect, a promise written on consent forms. The company is accused of selling body parts for profit after stating they would only use the parts they needed and would cremate the ones they didn’t and return them.
Specifics of the alleged sales include a torso with a head going for $2,400, a leg for about $1,100, and knees and feet sold for under $500. The narrative emphasizes that limbs were identified or unidentified, with references to portions “piled on top of each other” inside the facility.
The owner of the Biological Resource Center was already sentenced, but faces further legal action. He “will be back in court in October,” facing several civil lawsuits filed by Arizona families.