US college official sold parts from 496 corpses

A UCLA medical school official who cut up and sold pieces of 496 corpses for $704,600 over a period of six years, says he did so with the knowledge of college officials.

Ernest V. Nelson, 46, arrested for allegedly stealing body parts from the University of California, Los Angeles, medical school, says he cut up hundreds of corpses and sold the pieces to large research corporations.

The university's lawyer dismissed the allegation of university complicity as "ridiculous."