Former Arkansas morgue worker charged with selling $11,000 worth of body parts on Facebook

Ann Arkansas Woman accused of selling body parts stolen from medical school corpses to a man she knew for $11,000 pleaded not guilty Facebook.

Former morgue worker Candice Chapman Scott, 36, is accused of selling at least 20 boxes of bodies to Jeremy Lee Polley, 40, who she met in a social media group.

Who was Pauly in the April 5 federal indictment? Arrested for corpse abuse in 2022 – was not nominated as a purchaser, but was nominated at a different state rate.

“Just out of curiosity, do you know anyone who has a completely intact and embalmed brain on the market?” Scott allegedly wrote to Pauley in the first Facebook message. .

Scott pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including mail fraud, conspiracy to wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to transport stolen goods interstate, and interstate transport of stolen goods.

The April 5 federal indictment did not name Jeremy Lee Polley, who was arrested in 2022 for mandated abuse, as the buyer, but did name another state charge.

Scott worked at the Arkansas Central Mortuary, according to an indictment opened Friday in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In her role, Scott was tasked with transporting, cremating, and embalming the remains.

The funeral home was where the University of Arkansas Medical Services would send the remains of corpses after students had examined them.

In October 2021, a woman allegedly approached Pauley and offered to sell the medical school body.

She reportedly told the man that she needed to be cremated and return the remains to the morgue where she worked.

After the initial message, the two allegedly conspired back and forth for nine months.

According to the indictment, Scott sold Pauly’s fetus, brain, heart, lungs, genitalia, large pieces of skin and other body parts.

At one point, Scott allegedly sold the remains of an unborn child to Paulie.

According to the indictment, she alleges she gave the man a discount on the remains because “he wasn’t feeling well.”

The funeral home Scott worked for received the bodies from the University of Arkansas Medical Services after a student examined them.

Photo: Part of Pauly’s mouth purchased before his arrest in August

Pauley allegedly bought the body for $4,000 from a woman named Candace Scott. The cargo included a liver, lungs, two kidneys, a woman’s pelvis, torso with nipples, and her four human hands. Photo: “Medical bones” purchased by Pauly before his arrest

Another message from December 2021 is that Scott has 2 Pauly brains, 1 with a skullcap, 3 cut hearts, 2 fake boobies, 1 large navel skin piece, [one] One arm, one giant skin, one lung.

It cost Paulie $1,600, and the woman received a PayPal payment later that day.

Through their relationship, the indictment says Scott was sent $10,975 in 16 separate PayPal payments.

Prosecutors told Judge J. Thomas Ray on Friday they asked for Scott to remain in prison pending trial and said they feared she would run away if released.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Jegley said, “We believe the indictment and the facts underlying the indictment are uniquely vicious and distasteful, and that there will be a huge public outcry as a result of this. ” he said.

The judge said the charges against her were “shocking and depraved,” but that she could be held without bail only if she was in danger or in danger of fleeing.

“The indictment alleges grossly heinous conduct, shocking conduct,” Ray said.

“But under the Bail Reform Act, they’re not factors I consider about the dangers that lead to community or community danger,” Ray continued.

Scott’s indictment comes eight months after Paulie (pictured) was arrested for manslaughter in Pennsylvania.

Photo: Teeth purchased by Paulie.During investigation, police found ‘several’ buckets of human remains in his home

Photo: “Antique articulated pelvis” Paulie sold in early August

Among Pauly’s other purchases were “very old” skulls of children. rice field

“While the alleged acts are shocking and depraved, none of them endangered. is dangerous.”

She will remain in prison until a bail hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.

Scott’s indictment comes eight months after P.Ollie arrested for corpse abuse to Pennsylvania.

He is also charged with the felony of receiving stolen goods, the misdemeanor of receiving stolen goods, and the felony dealing with the proceeds of an illegal activity.

At this time, Paulie is out on bail and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 7.