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    What Can Happen if You Donate Your Body to Science

    March 18, 2019

    Imagine having your loved one's remains cremated and then finding out the ashes might belong to a total stranger. Inside Edition spoke to people who say their relatives' bodies were desecrated after they were donated for medical research. Unbeknownst to them, they say, the bodies were actually chopped up and sold for huge profits as part of an illegal body broker business. In return, some got back a box of ashes, but several people said they’re unsure whose ashes are really in the box.

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