Lee Cruceta

Former nurse Lee Cruceta plead guilty to conspiracy in the multi-million dollar organ harvesting scheme masterminded by oral surgeon Michael Mastromarino. On March 25, 2008, he testified against fellow body snatcher Christopher Aldorasi, who was subsequently convicted and sentenced to nine to 24 years in prison on June 18, 2008.

Fast Facts

1. Plead guilty in exchange for an eight to twenty-five year sentence¹
2. Cructea was one of the "cutters" who removed the parts from the bodies
3. More than 1,000 corpses were harvested for body parts
4. The body of Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke was one of those looted
5. Most body parts were removed without permission and some were diseased
6. Michael Mastromarino was sentenced to 18-54 years in prison on June 27, 2008

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