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Apr 4, 2008 5:43 pm US/Eastern
Man Behind Stolen Body Parts Seeks Plea Deal
NY Ringleader In Stolen Body Parts Case Seeks Philly Plea Deal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―
A former oral surgeon who admits he trafficked in stolen body parts is seeking a deal in Philadelphia that would run concurrent to his 18- to 54-year sentence in New York.
But prosecutors here are balking at any 2-for-1 deal.
They want 44-year-old Michael Mastromarino to serve an
additional 20 to 40 years in Philadelphia, where they say his team of cutters plundered at least 244 corpses.
The looted bodies in New York include that of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke.
Mastromarino owned Biomedical Tissue Services, a New Jersey company that shipped bones, skin and tendons to tissue processors.
About 10,000 people received tissue supplied by BTS.
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