Little Rock woman accused of selling stolen body parts due in court Wednesday

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Little Rock woman accused of selling stolen body parts will appear in federal court Wednesday for a bond hearing.

Candace Chapman Scott, 36, pleaded not guilty last Friday to all charges. She was held after her pleading pending bond assignment.

An indictment in the case shows Scott is accused of selling body parts to a person she met on Facebook through a group with an interest in “oddities” beginning in 2021. At the time she was working for a Little Rock mortuary service that cremated donated cadavers used by UAMS medical students.

Scott has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, three counts of mail fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen property.

The indictment claims Scott reached out through Facebook Messenger to a member of the group to sell body parts. The document goes on to assert that an agreement was made for a series of transactions through PayPal for body parts.

Prosecutors allege those body parts included brains, fetal rema...