Harvard Morgue Manager Indicted for Selling Stolen Body Parts
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A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School and his wife are among five people charged with stealing and selling human remains, including "heads, brains, skin and bones" from cadavers donated to the school. The body parts were sold to buyers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with some sent through the mail, and one buyer allegedly intended to tan skin into leather. The scheme is part of a larger black market and is alleged to have run for five years from 2018 to 2022. The deans of Harvard Medical School called the matter "morally reprehensible."
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