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The mastermind behind a multimillion-dollar scheme to loot hundreds of corpses and sell their body parts apologized Thursday to families of the victims and thousands of tissue recipients.Michael Mastromarino, a former oral surgeon who owned Biomedical...
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This is a UCLA Police booking photo of Henry Reid, the director of the University of California, Los Angeles willed body program, released Monday, March 8, 2004, after his arrest for allegedly selling body parts. Reid pleaded guilty, Friday Oct. 17,...
