An Arkansas woman pleaded guilty to transporting stolen body parts across state lines and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
37-year-old Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, was employed by Arkansas Central Mortuary Services where part of her job was to transport, cremate and embalm remains. An indictment unsealed last year accused Scott of setting up the transactions with Jeremy Pauley, a Pennsylvania man she met through a Facebook group about “oddities”. Over two years, Scott and Pauley would buy and sell body parts to each other on Facebook messenger.
Pauley pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the theft and sale of the body parts from the Arkansas mortuary and Harvard. Scott plead guilty agreed to pay back the $10,625 she gained selling the body parts. In all, she says she shipped 24 boxes to Pauley containing human remains. Her sentencing will be held at a later date.
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