A "FRANKENSTEIN" monster made with a woman’s head sewn on to a man’s body was found during a raid at a body organ donation centre.
Buckets of body parts and a cooler filled with male genitals were also discovered by FBI agents, a new lawsuit reveals.
The stomach-churning scene was discovered at Arizona's Biological Resource Center in 2014 as part of a multi-state investigation into the illegal trafficking and sale of human body parts, reports New York Post.
Details of the grim find were were revealed in a lawsuit filed against the center this week by 33 people whose loved ones’ bodies were donated to the facility under the guise they would be used for scientific purposes.
The disturbing findings were branded "an apparent morbid joke" in the court papers.
It comes after the facility's owner, Stephen Gore, was handed a suspended one-year prison sentence for conducting an illegal business in 2015.
In his declaration in the civil suit, former FBI special agent Mark Cwynar described the “various unsettling scenes” that awaited cops, including “a bucket of heads, arms and legs” and “a cooler filled with male genitalia.”
HORROR FIND
Agents also found “infected heads,” a small woman’s head sewn onto a large male torso and hanging on a wall “like Frankenstein,” and body parts stacked on top of one another with no identification tags.
English author Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein has terrified millions since it was first published in 1818.
In it, scientist Victor Frankenstein’s monster gets snubbed by society and then murders his creator’s brother, pal and bride.
'APPARENT MORBID JOKE'
The now-closed Biological Resource Center specialised in the free pickup of deceased loved ones for families in exchange for their bodies, to be used for scientific research.
Instead, the company sold body parts to various middlemen for profit.
A 2013 price list included in the civil court filing indicates a whole boy with no shoulders or head could be purchased for $2,900 (£2,330) while a whole spine retailed for $950 (£760).
Gore, who broke down in tears when he pleaded guilty, was also ordered to pay $121,000 (£97,223) in compensation.
Plaintiffs say their deceased loved ones were not treated with respect and claim they were misled by the company into believing their bodies would be used for disease research and organ donation.
Arizona has not yet implemented a law forcing body donation companies to have a licence to operate.
The civil trial will take place at Maricopa County Superior Court on October 21.
A version of this story first appeared in the New York Post.
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