 Deering had previously offered the transplant to blind Utah County attorney Arnold C. Roylance, who was medically unable to accept the offer.Deering's body was donated to the medical department of the University of Utah, so that, in his own words, he could finally receive a "high class education".On December 28, 1938, Deering's case was featured in a broadcast of the true crime radio show "Gang Busters".