A New Jersey woman got a midnight call about donating her brother’s organs, then found out where his bones and skin allegedly ended up

A New Jersey woman was shocked by her brother’s appearance after he died from health complications related to albinism in June. According to CBS News, Jessica Corsini, of Roseland, said she was shocked to find her older brother, 41-year-old Rosario, looking unidentifiable when she saw him in his casket during the viewing. “When I saw my brother, the first thing I said is, ‘That is not my brother.’ He looked like an 80-year-old man,” Corsini said.

According to the source, Rosario’s organs had been donated to the New Jersey Sharing Network (NJSN), an organ and tissue donation organization. However, the circumstances surrounding the donation, as Corsini described them, raise questions. She said she wasn’t aware that her brother was a donor until she received a call from NJSN at midnight, just hours after his death, informing her of the donation.

She also spoke about allegedly being pressured by the organization regarding the donation of her brother’s body parts. She mentioned that although she gave her consent for the donation, she wasn’t informed that it would change the appearance of his body to such an extent. Corsini said she was told that “all the skin” from Rosario’s back was taken. “I was very angry. I was very, very angry,” she said.

A lawsuit and a sister waiting for justice

Corsini filed a lawsuit against NJSN and is awaiting justice. Raising questions about the organization’s practices, Corsini’s attorney, Bruce Nagel, said in a statement that they had not told Rosario’s family the donation was not charitable. 

He alleged that NJSN didn’t inform them that Rosario’s body parts, including his heart valves, bones, corneas, and skin, would be harvested. He also added that, based on the data he reviewed, Rosario’s body parts “ended up both in cosmetic use and sale on the international market.”

Same organization, another set of accusations

On Friday, ABC Action News reported another case in which a New Jersey family alleged they spent two days trying to prevent their family member’s organs from being harvested after his death. Keith Lott, of Swedesboro, died in May after suffering a brain aneurysm. His family alleged that NJSN contacted them shortly after he was declared brain dead and told them his organs would be harvested.

The source noted that although Lott had previously registered with the organization, he had apparently removed his name from the donor list after converting to Islam. “I apologized to the Sharing Network, to those families that are in need.

But unfortunately, this was one body that they couldn’t get,” said Alexander Lott, Keith Lott’s brother. Lott’s family said a dispute broke out over the issue, after which NJSN threatened to sue them. Like the Corsini family, the Lotts are also awaiting justice in the matter.

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