Pennsylvania man is charged after he tried to buy human remains from mortuary worker on Facebook
A Pennsylvania man was charged with the abuse of a corpse after allegedly purchasing human remains from a woman on Facebook.
Jeremy Lee Pauley, 40, is known among his supporters to purchase various bones and teeth that he restores and resells online.
Some of Pauley’s purchases have included ‘antiques’ of pelvis’s and ‘very old’ skulls from children.
Pauly allegedly purchased $4,000 worth of human remains from Candace Scott, who police say stole them from a mortuary partnered with the University of Arkansas.
The human remains included: half a head, a whole head, three brains, a heart, a liver, a lung, two kidneys, a female pelvis, a torso with a nipple, and four human hands, according to Fox 43.
The shop owner later received a shipment from Scott in Pennsylvania.
The store owner was arrested on Thursday following an investigation beginning on June 14 when police received a tip about suspicious activity about Pauley and his collections, according to police. Pauley was arrested and released on $50,000 bail.
Jeremy Lee Pauley, 40, was arrested on Thursday for abuse of a corpse and receiving stolen property after purchasing human remains from a woman in Arkansas, according to police
Pauley allegedly purchased the remains from a woman named Candace Scott for $4,000. The shipment he received included a liver, a lung, two kidneys, a female pelvis, a torso with a nipple, and four human hands. PICTURED: Pauley’s latest purchase of ‘medical bones’ before his arrest
The human remains Pauley purchased included: half a head, a whole head, three brains, a heart, a liver, a lung, two kidneys, a female pelvis, a torso with a nipple, and four human hands. PICTURED: part of a mouth Pauley purchased before his arrest
PICTURED: teeth purchased by Pauley
Pauley is the owner of The Grand Wunderkammer and the executive director and curator at The Memento Mori Museum, according to his Facebook.
His latest purchase was a plastic bin filled with medical bones he posted a few days before his arrest. He captioned the post, ‘Picked up more medical bones to sort through.’
A few days before on August 7, Pauley advertised and sold an ‘antique articulated partial pelvis with sacrum and 5 vertebrae.’
Other merchandised the shop owner sells are hundreds of bagged teeth – with some of them being stained ‘as a result of an old school disinfectant used back in the day,’ according to Pauley.
Pauley is the owner of The Grand Wunderkammer and the executive director and curator at The Memento Mori Museum. The business owner purchases multiple shipments of bones and teeth from unknown buyers and shares them with his supporters online
