Prosecutors say Cedric Lodge stole donated human remains to funnel into a nationwide body-part sales network.
The manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School has been charged with stealing donated human remains and funneling them into a nation-wide scheme to sell misappropriated body parts.
Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, is one of seven people charged in the broad scheme that prosecutors said involved taking human remains that had been donated for medical research and selling them as souvenirs and to be used for grizzly craft projects. In a statement, Harvard said it was devastated by the “abhorrent behavior” of Lodge who had worked for the university for nearly 30 years. They said he was immediately fired when the allegations came to light
Court documents laid out a busy black market for body parts and organs that were slated to be sent for cremation after they had been used for study at medical schools.
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