• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Man sued company after discovering mother's body he donated to Alzheimer's research was used for military bomb testing

Home> News> US News

Published 16:33 15 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Man sued company after discovering mother's body he donated to Alzheimer's research was used for military bomb testing

The Arizona man discovered his mother's body was used for other purposes after a Reuters report

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

A man from Arizona sued a body-donation company after shockingly discovering his mother's body he donated to Alzheimer's research was used for military bomb testing instead.

While some choose a traditional burial or to be cremated after they die, around 20,000 people in the US each year decide to donate their bodies to science so they can be used for research and educational purposes.

Organ donation through the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act may provide regulation, but there remains a 'vast gray and black market of dead human bodies'.

FBI Special Agent Paul Micah Johnson, who has investigated the subject for around a decade, told CBS News in 2023: "Medical research and education, particularly education, is a vague term and it is not clearly defined even in the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

Advert

"The misleading of families across the industry is quite common."

The families initially had no idea (KTVK)
The families initially had no idea (KTVK)

Jim Stauffer's mother, Doris, died back in 2014 after living with Alzheimer's. Stauffer donated his mother's body to Biological Resource Center (BRC) for research purposes looking into the disease.

In an investigative piece, Reuters discovered that more than 20 bodies donated to BRC were instead used for US army blast experiments. One of them happened to be Stauffer's mom.

Advert

BRC, which is no longer an operational business, sold donated bodies like Doris' for $5,893 each, Reuters reported at the time.

The outlet said: "When a body is donated, few states provide rules governing dismemberment or use, or offer any rights to a donor's next of kin.

"Bodies and parts can be bought, sold and leased, again and again. As a result, it can be difficult to track what becomes of the bodies of donors, let alone ensure that they are handled with dignity."

The Arizona man sued the company after the discovery (KTVK)
The Arizona man sued the company after the discovery (KTVK)

Advert

Stephen Gore, the owner of BRC, pleaded guilty to illegal control of an enterprise, with KTVK reporting he was sentenced to one year of differed jail time and a period of four years probation.

After filing the lawsuit, Stauffer spoke to KNXV of the impact making such a discovery had on himself and his family.

He said: "I don't see a pathway of ever getting past this. Every time there's a memory, every time there's a photograph you look at, there's this ugly thing that happened just right there staring right at you.

" [Stephen Gore] didn't care about the families, he didn't care about the people and he didn't care about the memories. If I can be a little small part of his personal financial destruction, I don't care."

Featured Image Credit: KTVK

Topics: Arizona, US News

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 mins ago
an hour ago
10 hours ago
11 hours ago
  • 8 mins ago

    Amazon Prime Video shines light on Idaho murders as friends who discovered bodies speak out

    A new docuseries is coming to Amazon Prime Video, focusing on the grisly murder of four students in their home

    Film & TV
  • an hour ago

    Every celebrity reaction after Diddy's found guilty on 2 out of 5 charges in sex trafficking and prostitution case

    Celebrities have taken to social media to voice their opinions on the verdict

    Celebrity
  • 10 hours ago

    Diddy denied bail after being found guilty on 2 out of 5 counts in sex trafficking and prostitution case

    Diddy has been denied bail after being found guilty on two of five charges he was facing

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Donald Trump makes shocking threat he wants to deport US citizens and people are stunned

    Donald Trump has made a threat to deport US citizens following the opening of a migrant centre in Florida

    News
  • Woman sues after discovering feeding tube was left inside her body for 35 years
  • Secret military report reveals what was inside notorious Chinese spy balloon that caused panic
  • Teen boy's family still searching for answers after his body was found rolled-up in high school gym mat
  • Lisa Marie Presley used her son's body to get matching tattoos while she kept him in her house two months after death