[WIRE] The FBI said that it discovered 40 skulls and other human bones during a raid on a Kentucky man’s residence in connection to the alleged trafficking of human remains linked to Harvard Medical School.
The FBI made the grisly discovery when it raided the residence of James Nott in Mount Washington, Kentucky, on Tuesday, and found spinal cords, femurs, and hip bones, in addition to the skulls, according to the Courier-Journal.
According to investigators, Nott said "only my dead friends," were home when asked by FBI agents present at the raid. Investigators said that the human bones were used as decorations throughout the residence, which was raided in connection to an alleged international and domestic body part trafficking scheme linked to Harvard and an Arkansas mortuary.
Nott is accused of using a fake name to sell human remains that he obtained from around the world. He allegedly used the name of a 19th-century serial killer, "William Burke," to sell the bones on Facebook.
After the raid, Nott was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. "The felon in possession of a firearm offense charged in today’s complaint, arose from a federal search warrant executed at Nott’s residence today, in connection with a search for firearms and trafficked human remains," the Department of Justice said in a press release.
The criminal complaint against Nott says that law enforcement officers viewed his Facebook page and saw him "post human remains for sale on Facebook as recently as June 23." |
"Sanctity" of the dead, or the living.