- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] David Saunders, 98, of New Orleans, Louisiana died of COVID-19. As per his wishes, family gave Saunders' body to science for medical research
- But his widow Elsie, 92, was shocked to learn he was dissected in front of live audience, and told DailyMail.com she's now considering legal action
- People paid up to $500 per ticket to see live autopsy in Portland hotel on Oct 17
- Event staged by Death Science, an 'educational platform' for 'forensic science'
- It was promoted on a titillating 'Oddities and Curiosities' website
- Organizers claim that family agreed that corpse would be donated for research, but didn't say whether Elsie knew it would be a pay-per-view event
- Similar event was scheduled to take place on Halloween in Seattle
- Due to the backlash, however, the Seattle event was cancelled
- Death Science paid at least $10,000 for the cadaver from a private company
- Med Ed Labs claims that it did not know body would be used for live event