‘Violated’: Government Neglects Homeless Black Veteran for Decades, Then Sells His Body Parts for Profit After Death Without Family’s Permission

Like many veterans, Victor Carl Honey was neglected by the government after serving in the U.S. Army for 10 years, spending 30 years living on the streets of Dallas while suffering from mental illness. But the government finally saw some value in the 58-year-old Black man after he died in September 2022 by giving his body to a medical university, which then sold off his body parts to various companies without his prior consent or approval from his family, according to an investigative report by NBC News.His right leg was dissected and sold off to a Swedish medical device maker for $341 to train clinicians to harvest veins with the device. His torso was sold off to a medical education company in Pittsburgh for $900 so trainees could practice implanting a spine stimulator.And a pair of bones from his skull was sold off to the U.S. Army for $210 to educate military medical personnel at a hospital near San Antonio.Honey’s surviving family did not learn about his death until a year and a half later, when his son had a chance meeting with a woman who had been friends with his father. The family then learned about his dismemberment after...