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crime1 year ago

Ex-Harvard Medical School morgue manager's wife pleads guilty in body part selling scheme

Denise Lodge, the wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, pleaded guilty to shipping stolen human body parts from the school's morgue to buyers nationwide as part of a sprawling scheme involving several others. The scheme included selling body parts on Facebook, creating macabre dolls, and revealed a thriving demand for human remains in the US. The morgue manager saw a business opportunity within the black market and sold body parts without families' knowledge, leading to federal charges and his subsequent firing.

via New York Post |
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crime1 year ago

Ex-Harvard morgue manager's wife pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains

Denise Lodge, the wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, pleaded guilty to transporting stolen human body parts, including hands, feet, and heads, to buyers. She admitted to negotiating online sales of stolen items, taken without the school's knowledge or permission, between 2018 and March 2020. Her attorney claimed that Lodge's husband was the main perpetrator and she merely went along with it, emphasizing that no one lost money and framing the matter as a moral and ethical dilemma rather than a criminal case.

via The Associated Press|
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crime2 years ago

Harvard Morgue Scandal: Lawsuit Reveals Organ Trafficking of Hundreds of Cadavers.

Harvard Medical School's former morgue manager and six others have been charged in connection to an underground ring that stole corpses and body parts from the university and an Arkansas mortuary and crematorium to sell online. The ex-manager allegedly robbed many corpses meant for science from his employer and sold them with the help of his wife from 2018 to March 7 of this year. A Massachusetts man said he was disgusted to learn that his late wife’s remains may have been sold through a human remains trafficking ring after she donated herself to Harvard Medical School for research. Harvard Medical School’s former morgue manager Cedric Lodge, 55, and six others have been charged in connection to an underground ring that stole corpses and body parts from the university and an Arkansas mortuary and crematorium to sell online.

via New York Post |
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crime2 years ago

Harvard Medical School and former morgue manager sued over stolen body parts.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Harvard Medical School and its former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, for mishandling and selling body parts of cadavers donated to the school. The lawsuit estimates that between 350 and 400 families may be affected by the alleged crimes. Lodge is accused of stealing portions of dissected cadavers and selling them, along with his wife, Denise Lodge. The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for severe emotional distress inflicted on the donor families due to Harvard's negligence in ensuring that the cadavers were properly handled and maintained for scientific study.

via WCVB Boston|
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crime2 years ago

Harvard Morgue Manager Indicted for Selling Stolen Body Parts

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."

via The Independent|
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crime2 years ago

Harvard morgue manager indicted for selling stolen body parts on black market

A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School and his wife are among five people charged with stealing and selling human remains donated to the school. Cedric Lodge allegedly stole "heads, brains, skin and bones" from cadavers between 2018 and 2022 and sold them to buyers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, sending them in the post. The scheme, which is part of a larger black market, is alleged to have run for five years. The defendants face a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment on charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.

via The Independent|
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crime2 years ago

Harvard Medical School morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts

Several people, including a former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School and his wife, have been indicted on charges of trafficking body parts stolen from the school's morgue. The stolen body parts were intended for use by researchers but were sold via Facebook and PayPal and shipped through the U.S. Postal Service mail. The accused are facing charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods. The case involves a grotesque multi-state scheme, with some of the body parts sold at a business in Peabody, Massachusetts. Harvard University officials have decried the alleged crimes on campus as "an abhorrent betrayal."

via Boston 25 News|
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crime2 years ago

Multiple Individuals Accused of Selling Stolen Human Remains, Including Harvard Medical School Employee and Local Artists

The manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School, Cedric Lodge, has been charged with selling body parts from donated cadavers and allowing buyers to come to the morgue to choose which parts they wanted, federal prosecutors said. Lodge and his wife, Denise Lodge, both of Goffstown, N.H., and three others had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania on charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods. The defendants were all part of a nationwide network that bought and sold human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School and a mortuary in Little Rock where Ms. Scott worked, prosecutors said.

via The New York Times|
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