Jon Schuppe

For a month, seven people held Sam Nordquist captive in a small hotel room, torturing him to death, authorities say. How did it go on in secret? w/@jonschuppe for @NBCNews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…

Incredibly proud to see that @NBCNews was recognized by the @PolkAwards for its Dealing the Dead investigation! The reporting revealed how how unclaimed bodies were dissected and leased out for medical research without people’s consent or their families’ knowledge. Reporters…

Proud, grateful and deeply moved to see “Dealing the Dead,” our series on unclaimed bodies used for medical research without consent, named a winner of the Polk Awards. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Very proud to say @NBCNews is a finalist for an @ASME1963 award in the Reporting category for our Dealing the Dead investigation into the body trade nbcnews.com/specials/deali… Congrats to @Mike_Hixenbaugh @jonschuppe and the late Susan Carroll: asme.memberclicks.net/asme-announces…

The heartbreaking stories of those who died in the LA wildfires may help us better understand how to prevent more deaths as disasters get more intense - and evacuations become more dire. W/@minyvonneb and @jean_lee1 nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l… via @nbcnews

Another twist Mississippi’s anti-crime crackdown in Jackson: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… @NBCNews

Bettersten Wade searched for her missing 37-year-old son for nearly six months. Then she found out that the police knew where he was the whole time. New today: buff.ly/39bMpmx

Several witnesses to the epicenter of the Palisades Fire talked to us about what they saw, and the harrowing decisions they had to make while watching their neighborhood, Palisades Highlands, burn. W/ @lewiskamb @Csheels nbcnews.com/news/us-news/p… @NBCNews

This story peels back how critical using dead bodies are in science & medicine, but how few guardrails — incl. company policies — there are to prevent the use of ppl who never consented to donating their bodies after death nbcnews.com/news/us-news/b… w/ @Mike_Hixenbaugh @jonschuppe

A 21-year-old Venezuelan migrant was murdered in Texas. Then, the harvesting began. $900 for her torso, $703 for her legs — without the knowledge of her mother, who was fighting to bring her home. “She’s not a little animal to be butchered,” she said. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…

Another important and hard to believe story about how one man and his company exploited the secretive aspects of America’s body trade. This one was conceived by Susy Carroll before we lost her this year. @Mike_Hixenbaugh steered it through nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m… via @nbcnews

A lot of memes out there about Millennials v. Gen Z and how they voted. This story by @jonschuppe and @KalhanR actually breaks down how Trump picked up a larger portion of voters under 30 than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008 nbcnews.com/politics/yes-t…

.@RepJasmine and @RepVeasey sent a letter to medical examiners in Dallas and Tarrant counties expressing shock at the handling of unclaimed bodies and asking questions that include: will there be restitution to families? w/@Mike_Hixenbaugh @nbcnews nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…

After we at @NBCNews encountered families who were never told their relative’s body was used for medical education in North Texas, we decided to publish this list - to make that info easier to find. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u…

North Texas lawmaker wants to prohibit using unclaimed bodies for medical research (h/t: @Mike_Hixenbaugh and @jonschuppe) Read more: star-telegram.com/news/politics-…

“One man was jailed four days because he refilled a cup of coffee at a gas station while only paying for one cup. Another woman was arrested and chained to a bench at a police station for parking in a space reserved for people with disabilities, according to the report.”

NEW: A Texas state senator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research after our @NBCNews investigation revealed a state medical school obtained, studied and leased out hundreds of people’s remains without families’ permission. W/ @jonschuppe nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…