Yesterday in federal court Harvard Medical School’s former morgue manager, Cedric Lodge, pleaded guilty to the interstate transport of stolen human remains.
Lodge oversaw the cadavers donated to Harvard for medical research. Between 2018 and 2022, Lodge allegedly stole various organs and body parts in order to illegally distribute them to buyers throughout the U.S.
According to WWLP-Boston,
Lodge would sometimes take stolen remains, which included heads, brains, skin, and bones, to his home where he and his wife, Denise Lodge, would then sell the remains to buyers in other states, prosecutors said. Some remains were sent through the mail, while other buyers were allegedly allowed to visit the morgue to select remains for purchase.
The court will sentence Lodge at a future hearing. He could receive up to ten years in federal prison.