"The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the theft and sale of body parts, taken from cadavers that had been donated for medical research. Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue for more than two decades before being arrested in 2023, was given an eight-year sentence by a US District Judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday."
"The 58-year-old Lodge pleaded guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines in May, with prosecutors stating that he had taken heads, faces, brains, skin, and hands from cadavers in the morgue to his home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, before selling them to several individuals. Lodge's wife, Denise, was also sentenced to one year in prison for her role in facilitating the sale of the stolen organs and body parts to several individuals, including two people in Pennsylvania, who then mostly resold them."
Cedric Lodge managed the Harvard Medical School morgue for more than two decades and was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts taken from cadavers donated for medical research. Prosecutors said he transported heads, faces, brains, skin, and hands to his home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, and sold them to several individuals. Lodge pleaded guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines. His wife, Denise, received a one-year prison sentence for facilitating the sales. Prosecutors sought the maximum 10-year term; defense counsel asked for leniency while acknowledging the harm to victims and families. Harvard called the actions abhorrent.
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