A lawsuit against Arizona-based Biological Resource Center (BRC) has described how the donation clinic misused loved ones' bodies in grisly scenes similar to the horror novel Frankenstein.
The chilling descriptions came to light this week as part civil action filed by 33 defendants whose loved ones' bodies were donated to the facility.
Plaintiffs state that they were misled by the company who led them to believe that the bodies would be used for disease research or organ donation.
The reality was a lot more horrifying and owner Stephen Gore was found guilty of operating an illegal business in 2015 after it was discovered that he had been been selling body parts.
More than 1,755 human body parts were found at the facility, which took 142 body bags to move and weighed 10 tons, according to Reuters.
A lawsuit filed against Biological Resource Center in Phoenix, Arizona claims the body donation clinic misled families and misused their loved ones' body. During the 2014 raid on the center (above) one FBI agent said that more than 1,755 human body parts were found
In a declaration for the new lawsuit, former FBI special agent Mark Cwynar described 'various unsettling scenes' at the site in Phoenix, AZ Central reported.
Cwynar told of a small woman's head sewn onto a large male torso that was hanging from the wall in a 'Frankenstein manner' according to the New York Post.
He also spoke of a 'cooler filled with male genitalia', 'infected heads' and 'bucket of heads, arms and legs' without any identification tags.
The initial 2014 raids occurred as part of a multi-state investigation into the illegal trafficking and sale of human body parts.
Investigators found the small head of a woman sewn onto a large male torso hanging from a wall in a 'Frankenstein manner'. Above, body parts are removed from the site
A screenshot from a 2013 training video by the BRC shows a construction saw used by technicians to remove a man's spine.
The BRC picked up the bodies of deceased loved ones from family homes, and from there they sold the parts to middlemen for profit, the NY Post reported.
Their price list for the body parts included the cost for a whole body minus the shoulders or head for $2,900, a whole leg for $1,100, to a knee for $375.
After the investigations, business owner Stephen Gore pleaded guilty to conducting an illegal business, the NY Post reported.
He admitted that the bodies were not used in a way that donors had permitted and that he was 'overwhelmed' working in an industry without regulation.
Gore was sentenced to one year deferred jail time, four years probation and was forced to pay $121,000 in restitution.
'I could have been more open about the process of donation on the brochure we put in public view' Gore said, according to AZ Central.
BRC owner Stephen Gore admitted that he could have been 'more open' about what would happen after bodies were donated. He pleaded guilty to conducting an illegal business in 2015
FBI and police raided the site in 2014 as part of a multi-state investigation into the illegal trafficking and sale of human body parts
After Gore's conviction, family members of the deceased who had agreed to donate their bodies spoke of their disgust.
Gwen Aloia told Fox10Phoenix: 'I just had to come to see what this animal looked like.'
Her husband's body was donated in 2013 after he died of cancer. 'It's just disgusting,' she added.
Another, Michelle Leader whose mother also died of cancer, said that their loved ones had 'selflessly' given themselves to research.
'To take that away from them without permission is wrong in every sense of the word,' Leader told Fox.
Gwen Aloia (left) in 2015 when attending court to see Gore's face. The body of her husband (right) was donated in 2013 after he died of cancer
Michelle Leader (left) donated the body of her mother (right) to BRC after she died of cancer. Leader said to disrespect the wishes of loved ones was 'wrong in ever sense of the word'
One FBI agent who worked on the case explained that moving body bags left resulted in a diagnosis for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Matthew Parker told Reuters: 'I couldn’t sleep at night after seeing that. It looked like a junkyard chop shop where they are just ripping things apart.'
One of the plaintiffs Troy Harp, who donated both his mother and grandmother’s bodies to BRC, told KTVK of his shock after finding out the truth.
'Cancer, and leukemia and whatever else, using sample cells... That’s what I was told.' Harp told the site.'This is a horror story. It’s just unbelievable. This story is unbelievable.'
The civil case is set for trial in Maricopa County Superior Court on October 21.
One FBI Agent Matthew Parker told Reuters that he was suffering from PTSD after the horrors of going inside the BRC site
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