Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch defrauded distraught families and dismembered bodies for illegal sale
In their filing, prosecutors stressed the “macabre nature” of Hess’ scheme and described it as one of the most significant body parts cases in recent US history.
“It’s concerning to the court that defendant Hess refuses to assume any responsibility for her conduct.”Hess’ lawyer said she has been unfairly vilified as a “witch”, a “monster” and a “ghoul”, when instead she is a “broken human being” whose conduct can be attributed to a traumatic brain injury at age 18. In court on Tuesday, Hess declined to speak to the judge.Twenty-six victims described their horror at discovering what had happened to their loved ones.
Tina Shanon, whose mother was dismembered against her will, told the court, “I’ve worn many masks to cover the pain. I’ll never be OK.” Hess committed crimes, prosecutors said, when she defrauded relatives of the deceased by lying about cremations and by dissecting bodies and selling them without permission. The surgical-training companies and other firms which bought the arms, legs, heads and torsos from Hess did not know they had been fraudulently obtained, prosecutors said.
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