PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh will examine how it manages donated human tissue following abuse-of-corpse charges against two students.
Authorities this month charged Amay Gupta, 19, of Fremont, California, and Sonel S. Jimenez, 19, of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, with one misdemeanor count apiece. Pitt police allege the students mistreated a cadaver Nov. 4 in an anatomy lab class in Victoria Hall.
Witnesses observed Gupta making sexual remarks about a male corpse and placing a hand inside its chest, while Jimenez was seen inappropriately touching a female corpse, smirking and commenting, according to complaints against the students. Both told Pitt police they had learned in class about treating cadavers with respect, a detective wrote.
