Harvard Morgue Manager Accused Of Selling Stolen Body Parts To Dolls Shop And Leather Tanner

A federal indictment has accused the morgue manager at Harvard Medical School of selling stolen human body parts online. Cedric Lodge, his wife, and others allegedly trafficked various body parts, including heads, brains, faces, skins, hearts, and even stillborn infants.?

These body parts were taken from donated cadavers meant for research and a mortuary in Arkansas.

Seven individuals, including the Lodges, have been charged and described as part of a network connected through social media, involved in selling, shipping, and trading body remains nationwide.

"We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus,"?wrote George Q. Daley, dean of the faculty of medicine, and Edward Hundert, dean for medical education, in a statement.?

"We owe it to ourselves, our community, our profession, and our patients and their loved ones to ensure that HMS is worthy of the donors who have entrusted their bodies to us for the advancement of medical education and research."

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As the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue, Cedric Lodge played a crucial role in the alleged scheme.

He would discreetly remove body parts from cadavers and take them home with the help of his wife for packaging and shipping. It seemed like a rather unconventional family business.

Lodge went to the extreme of personally allowing specific buyers to shop for body parts in the morgue itself.

The digital paper trail revealed some startling details, with one customer sending $37,000 in payments through PayPal with notes like "braiiiiiins" and "head number 7."

Another customer, operating a store called "Kat's Creepy Creations," purchased two dissected faces for a mere $600.?

This customer was later accused of reselling some of the body parts to another individual involved in selling human remains.

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One participant in the scheme even solicited body parts from an employee at an Arkansas mortuary who had previously been indicted for similar offenses.?

This employee allegedly stole the remains of two stillborn infants awaiting cremation and sold them to another conspirator.

A judge released one defendant even though they had pleaded not guilty, but they will still go through the Pennsylvania court system.?

Both Cedric Lodge and his wife were released on personal bail.

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