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84. The Body Broker (Megan Hess)

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Meghan Hess's Three-Pronged Business

A Colorado funeral home is under investigation accused of selling human body parts. Meghan Hess launched a nonprofit called Sunset Mesa Funeral Foundation. One subsidiary was called Donor Services, it was a body-brokeering service. Her mom Shirley would harvest body parts from donated corpses and sell them to research labs in medical schools. The FBI and Colorado state regulators are actively investigating Meghan Hess and Sunset Mesa.

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