WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Who takes care of the unclaimed dead, the people who were homeless or estranged from family members, or who outlived all their kin, and left no assets behind? The answer is ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Appalled Texas lawmakers called for a crackdown on the corpse trade Wednesday after ...

DETROIT – Economic hardship can be found at every corner--even outside the Wayne County Morgue. There, 67 giant freezers on trailers store a record number of unclaimed bodies because neither the ...

The County of Los Angeles will bury more than 1,400 individuals in a mass grave today as part of a somber annual tradition to provide dignity and humanity to individuals who have died without anyone ...

BELTON, Texas (KWTX) - The owner of Crotty Funeral Home has more than 20 unclaimed bodies, and while she has the information identifying the remains, she has no idea who is missing them. The funeral ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” an NBC News series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. The revelation that a Texas medical school was routinely dissecting the ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas county that for years gave unclaimed bodies to a local medical school ...

The Tema General Hospital has announced plans to conduct a mass burial for unclaimed bodies currently held in its mortuary. This decision comes after a significant accumulation of unidentified and ...