
Jon Schuppe
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NEW: A Texas state senator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research after our NBC News investigation revealed a state medical school obtained, studied and leased out hundreds of peopleās remains without familiesā permission. W/ Jon Schuppe nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tā¦


North Texas lawmaker wants to prohibit using unclaimed bodies for medical research (h/t: Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky and Jon Schuppe) Read more: star-telegram.com/news/politics-ā¦


.Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Rep. Marc Veasey sent a letter to medical examiners in Dallas and Tarrant counties expressing shock at the handling of unclaimed bodies and asking questions that include: will there be restitution to families? w/Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @nbcnews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tā¦


Another important and hard to believe story about how one man and his company exploited the secretive aspects of Americaās body trade. This one was conceived by Susy Carroll before we lost her this year. Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky steered it through nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m⦠via @nbcnews

A 21-year-old Venezuelan migrant was murdered in Texas. Then, the harvesting began. $900 for her torso, $703 for her legs ā without the knowledge of her mother, who was fighting to bring her home. āSheās not a little animal to be butchered,ā she said. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vā¦

This story peels back how critical using dead bodies are in science & medicine, but how few guardrails ā incl. company policies ā there are to prevent the use of ppl who never consented to donating their bodies after death nbcnews.com/news/us-news/b⦠w/ Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky Jon Schuppe

Several witnesses to the epicenter of the Palisades Fire talked to us about what they saw, and the harrowing decisions they had to make while watching their neighborhood, Palisades Highlands, burn. W/ Lewis Kamb Colin Sheeley nbcnews.com/news/us-news/p⦠NBC News



The heartbreaking stories of those who died in the LA wildfires may help us better understand how to prevent more deaths as disasters get more intense - and evacuations become more dire. W/Minyvonne Burke and Jean Leeš± nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l⦠via @nbcnews

Very proud to say NBC News is a finalist for an asme1963 award in the Reporting category for our Dealing the Dead investigation into the body trade nbcnews.com/specials/deali⦠Congrats to Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky Jon Schuppe and the late Susan Carroll: asme.memberclicks.net/asme-announcesā¦


