Freaky Man Arrested After Buying Stolen Body Parts On Facebook

Man Arrested For Allegedly Buying Human Body Parts On Facebook From Woman Accused Of Stealing Them.

Pennsylvania man was arrested Thursday for allegedly buying human body parts online – including brains, lungs, skin and a heart – that he had obtained from a mortuary in Arkansas, the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office said.

East Pennsboro police had executed a search warrant on Jeremy Pauley’s home in Enola and found three 5-gallon buckets in his basement, containing a variety of organs, which a forensic pathologist has since confirmed were human remains, investigators said.

Police had received a tip about on June 14 about possible human body parts being sold on Facebook.

Then a few weeks later, on July 8, another person told the police Pauley allegedly was keeping body parts and skin in buckets at his residence, police said.

Police did not say why Pauley allegedly was buying organs or what he planned to do with them.

Investigators also didn’t disclose any charges agains the seller in Arkansas. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Pauley was an “oddities collector” who owned skeletons and skulls. He reportedly spent more than $4,000 on the body parts he purchased recently.

“This is one of the most bizarre investigations I have encountered in my 33 years as a prosecutor,” Cumberland County District Attorney Sean M. McCormack said. “Just when I think I have seen it all, a case like this comes around.”

Pauley faces charges of abuse of a corpse and receiving stolen property, court records show. Pauley was reportedly released from custody on $50,000 bail and will appear in court on Sept. 14.