Brains, skins and bones were among the parts allegedly stolen from Harvard before being sold, with some human remains ending up in a store called Kat's Creepy Creations.
after they allegedly spent five years stealing human body parts, selling them online and in person and mailing them via the United States Postal Service.An indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday accuses Cedric Lodge, Danise Lodge, Katrina Maclean and Joshua Tayor of running a years-long scheme to steal and sell “heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains” that had been slated for cremation after use by Harvard Medical School.
Cedric Lodge, manager of the school’s morgue, allegedly took body parts home as well as allowed others into the morgue before working to sell parts of the cadavers online and in person through Maclean's store, Kat's Creepy Creations in Salem, Massachusetts.
A statement from U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said the indictment and other information “allege that a nationwide network of individuals bought and sold human remains.”Defendants face a maximum of 15 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.
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