Body part scheme ringleader pleads guilty
NEW YORK (AP) - March 18, 2008 Michael Mastromarino made his plea in Brooklyn federal court in
a deal that will send him to prison for 18 to 54 years.
The plea comes more than two years after the gruesome scandal
broke. Mastromarino was accused of hacking up corpses from funeral
homes in the Northeast and selling them to processors. The parts
were used in disk replacements, knee operations and dental
implants, among other procedures.
The looted bodies included that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host
Alistair Cooke.
