New charges filed for Enola man indicted for stolen body parts case
A man charged with buying and selling stolen body parts that were found in his Enola home faces new charges.
Jeremy Pauley is among six people indicted by a federal grand jury for buying the body parts from Harvard Medical School and selling them across state lines. The Department of Justice says Pauley also purchased body parts stolen by a woman from a crematorium in Arkansas.
According to the indictment, the manager of the medical school morgue stole the body parts, took them home, and sold them online to multiple people, with the help of his wife.
In 2022, East Pennsboro police conducted a search of Pauley's home and discovered three five-gallon buckets filled with various human remains.
"When we arrested him for that, that started a whole bunch of investigations across multiple states because he had to be getting the parts from somewhere," Cumberland County District Attorney Sean McCormack said.
The indictment filed in a U.S. District Court states that the body parts came from cadavers specifically donated to Harvard Medical School for research.
"When they're finished, they're supposed to be properly disposed of in a respectful manner," McCormack said.
Instead, the morgue manager sold potions of the bodies to a woman in Massachusetts, who then mailed pieces of human skin to Pauley to be turned into leather, in exchange for more skin.
"What I compare this to is auto parts. Someone steals a car, and there's a market for stolen parts," McCormack said.
The indictment further revealed that Pauley transferred nearly $10,000 to the seller in Massachusetts and more than $30,000 via paypal to another man, Joshua Taylor of West Lawn, Berks County.
"This is really, at its core, all about theft," McCormack said.
Pauley has been charged with conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen goods. McCormack says he will consult with federal and state prosecutors to determine where Pauley will stand trial.