INVESTIGATION

Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas →

The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business using hundreds of unclaimed corpses. It suspended the program after NBC News exposed failures to treat the dead and their families with respect.

AURIMAR'S STORY

After a young woman was shot dead in Texas, a medical school harvested her body parts →

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

THE NATIONAL PICTURE

A veteran's corpse was sent across state lines — before his family knew he was dead →

Libero Marinelli Jr.’s journey from a public hospital to a for-profit body broker demonstrates the peril of an industry with little regulation, an NBC News investigation found.

THE LIST

Naming the dead: Hundreds of unclaimed bodies were sent to a Texas medical school →

To help families find answers, NBC News is publishing the names of more than 1,800 people whose unclaimed bodies were given to the University of North Texas Health Science Center, according to county records.

MED ED LABS

Dealing corpses from a Las Vegas strip mall: A look inside the shadowy U.S. body trade →

A disgraced chiropractor found a new job selling bodies. In an industry with few guardrails, he soon faced accusations of mishandling human remains.

IMPACT

'We didn't know she was dead': How an NBC News investigation helped families find answers →

Survivors were stunned and heartbroken after learning from reporters that a Texas medical school had dissected and studied their relatives’ bodies without consent.

RELIEVANT MEDSYSTEMS

How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company? →

Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 80 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn’t know.