If it is scary, such as incredible, former Harvard Medical School manager confessed to trading in stolen human remains, including dissected heads, brains, faces and leather and their sales on the black market.
Together with the man, Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise Lodge, who received $ 37,355.16 (almost almost £32 Lakh) for three years. Payments were made through PayPal and had notes such as “head number 7” and “Braiiiiiiins”, according to the federal accusation obtained by People magazine.
How did the incident appear?
Cedric Lodge, 57, admitted on May 21, at the Federal Court in Pennsylvania to international transport of stolen human remains taken from the corpses donated by Harvard for medical research and education.
In 2018 to March 2020, Lodge took advantage of his privileged approach to the school morgue to harvest parts of the body from the corpses that have already been dissected and used for academic purposes, but still had to be destroyed.
Former Harvard worker took them to his house and sold them to people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and the prosecutors said. The transactions were tens of thousands of dollars, reported ABC News and quoted the indictment.
As Lodge and his wife worked together
The prosecutors claim that Cedric Lodge transported stolen remnants from Harvard’s morgue in Boston to his house in Goffstown, New Hampshire. He and his wife, Denise Lodge, then sold parts of the body by the buyer across state lines, sometimes send them directly and sometimes allow the buyer to pick them up personally. Their network stretched through Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.
On one occasion, Denise Lodge gave a woman Massachusetts with human skin because she knew she intended to tan her. He even met her in a morgue to give “two autopsy faces”, revealed the indictment, and report more news.
What will be for Cedric Lodge and his wife
Lodge now faces up to 10 years in federal prison, plus fines and release under supervision. His conviction will be determined by the US chief judge Matthew w Brann.
Lodge’s wife, Denise Lodge, confessed to the guilty last year and waits for her punishment.
What Harvard said
The story has horrified Harvard officials and the public. “We are horrified to find out that something so worrying, a community devoted to healing and serving others could happen on our campus,” said Dean Harvard Medical School George Dale and Edward Hundert.
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