Texas Woman’s Body Parts Sold After Murder, Family Left Devastated
This article details the tragic story of Aurimar Iturriago Villegas, a Venezuelan immigrant who died in a Texas road rage incident. Without her family’s knowledge, her body was donated to a medical school, dissected, and parts were assigned monetary values for research. This action occurred despite the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office possessing her mother’s contact information, highlighting systemic failures in communication and handling of unclaimed bodies. The University of North Texas Health Science Center, following an investigation revealing this and similar cases, suspended its body donation program and apologized.
John Q. Hosedrinker