Two Sentenced for Trafficking Human Remains

Matthew Lampi, a Minnesota tattoo artist, has been sentenced to 15 months for his involvement in a human remains trafficking scheme, purchasing stolen body parts, including the corpse of a stillborn baby boy named Lux, from Jeremy Pauley, who acquired them from Candace Chapman Scott. Lampi engaged in a network that traded human remains and body parts smuggled from various locations, including a Harvard Medical School morgue and an Arkansas mortuary. Meanwhile, Angelo Pereyra, a former pathology assistant from Wichita, Kansas, received an 18-month prison sentence for stealing and selling human remains, including organs and fetal remains, from a local hospital. Both cases are part of a broader investigation into the trafficking of stolen human remains across state lines, which has led to multiple indictments. Federal authorities emphasize the seriousness of these crimes, highlighting the ongoing issue of trafficking in the 'oddities' community. The investigations, involving the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, have resulted in several guilty pleas and ongoing legal consequences for various defendants involved in these networks.