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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Two former employees of a biomedical supply company pleaded not guilty Thursday to collecting bones, skin and tissue from corpses without proper consent.
Kevin Vickers, 53, and Kirssy Knapp, 29, worked at a branch of the now-defunct Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, N.J. Along with five others — including two former Biomedical Tissue employees and three funeral directors — Vickers and Knapp were accused of removing bone and tissue from 36 corpses in 2005 without getting the proper consent.
Four other men, including the company's owner, former dentist Michael Mastromarino, were charged last year with removing bone and tissue from 1,077 bodies at funeral homes without the permission of families. All have pleaded not guilty.
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