PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The former operator of a Seattle donated-cadaver business who dumped numerous body parts around central Arizona that he couldn’t sell, has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. A judge in Prescott sentenced Walter Mitchell today to a 6.25-year prison term.

A jury convicted the 61-year-old Mitchell in September on 29 felony counts of concealing or abandoning a dead body.

Authorities say various body parts linked to nine people were discovered on the outskirts of Prescott in 2020.

Investigators say tags, serial numbers and a label with the name of Mitchell’s business led to his arrest.

Mitchell closed his business in 2020 and moved to Arizona with the body parts.