Posted on 06/15/2023 6:58:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
June 15 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors said the former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School has been charged with selling human body parts he stole from cadavers donated to the university for medical research and education.
Cedric Lodge, 55, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges that accuse him of stealing organs and other parts from donated cadavers from 2018 to 2022.
Prosecutors said Lodge is accused of transporting the stolen remains from the morgue to his residence in Goffstown, N.H., where he and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, sold them to Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Mass.; and Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pa.
The indictment charges the Lodges, Maclean and Taylor with conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.
Cedric Lodge was employed at Harvard until May 6, the university said in a statement, adding that investigators believe that he acted without the knowledge or cooperation of anyone else on staff.
"We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus -- a community dedicated to healing and serving others," Harvard Medical School said. "The reported incidents are a betrayal of HMS and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research.
"HMS is deeply sorry for the pain and uncertainty caused by this troubling news."
The court document further charges Maclean and Taylor will reselling their acquired body parts to others including Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Bloomsburg, Pa.
Prosecutors said that Pauley also purchased stolen human remains from Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, Ark., where she worked at a mortuary and crematorium.
"Scott stole parts of cadavers she was supposed to have cremated, many of which had been donated to and used for research and educational purposes by an area medical school, as well as the corpses of two stillborn babies who were supposed to be cremated and returned as cremains to their families," the Justice Department said.
The court document then connects Pauley to Matthew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel Minn.
According to the charging document, Pauley and Lampi repeatedly bought and sold each other stolen human remains, exchanging more than $100,000 in online payments.
Lampi has also been charged with conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods, while Pauley was charged by criminal information and Scott was previously indicted earlier by the Eastern District of Arkansas.
"Some crimes defy understanding, U.S. Attorney Gerard Karam said in a statement.
"The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very essence of what makes us human. It is particularly egregious that so many of the victims here volunteered to allow their remains to be used to educate medical professionals and advance the interests of science and healing. For them and their families to be taken advantage of in the name of profit is appalling," Karam said.
“Trust the science.”
Well. At least they had the money to purchase them, instead of collecting on their own.
Probably made a lot of money. I hear that body parts cost an arm and a leg.
He’s gonna be charged an arm and a leg in fines no doubt.
Yet when Planned Abortionhood does it, it’s A-OK.
Maybe “Hahvahd” is just angry they weren’t getting their cut of the profits.
One wonders about why their customers wanted the parts.
One wonders about what parts their customers wanted.........................
Ladies and Gentleman, Give it Up for Cedric The Embalmer!
To reduce the need for grave robbing, Massachusetts passed the Anatomy Act in 1831 that allowed the state’s medical schools to get bodies that belonged to the poor, insane, and those who died in prison. This law lessened the need for illicit bodies, but it didn’t eliminate it.
Joe Spinell’s last film “The Undertaker” - not for the squeamish. Reminds me of the $1 horror VHS tapes my drinking buddies sometimes would rent back in the 80s. Back when we could barely scrape together enough money for a case of cheap beer and a $1 movie.
He should’ve changed his sign out front to “Planned Parenthood”. He’d be getting a medal.
He’s just trying to save da ERF! Being Green!
BY RECYCLING!............................
Some wondered why the buzzards hung around his house so much.
Ex-Harvardman Exchanges Ex-human Extracts.
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