IT WAS “like something out of a cheap horror movie”, according to prosecutors. Last week, modern-day body snatcher Michael Mastromarino pleaded guilty in New York to illegally harvesting body parts.
Over the course of four years, Mastromarino, a former dentist, illegally sold parts from more than 1000 corpses, including that of veteran BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke, to transplant companies.
Transplant guidelines set age limits and health requirements for donors, yet Mastromarino, who was charged along with three other defendants, admitted falsifying records and not checking whether the bodies were of people who had infectious diseases. He allegedly replaced bones with…
