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Human remains seller connected to Harvard Medical School thefts sentenced to 6 years in prison

By WBUR.org  
   December 23, 2025

A central figure in the sprawling, nationwide network of human remains trading that ensnared Harvard Medical School was sentenced in federal court to six years in prison. Jeremy Pauley, who lives in rural Pennsylvania, is a fixture in the online oddities trade. He's known in the community for binding books in human skin and preserving fetal remains. Pauley admitted to buying fetuses, skin, hearts and brains from a mortuary worker in Arkansas and purchasing skin and organs sourced secondhand from Harvard Medical School.

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