Crime & Safety
Diseased Body Parts Scheme: Father-Son Body Brokers Charged
Donated bodies were supposed to be used for research but were allegedly sold — including bodies known to have HIV, sepsis and hepatitis.
ROSEMONT, IL — A Chicago area father and son are now federally charged for allegedly knowingly selling diseased body parts.
Black market body part brokering is a grizzly, big money reality CBS 2 has investigated for years. The feds honed in on a key link — notorious Detroit body broker Arthur Rathburn. He’s now in federal prison, and evidence collected in his case led the fed to the Chicago area, to Donald Greene Sr. and Donald Green Jr.