Cedric Lodge, Harvard Medical School morgue’s manager, has been accused of selling stolen body parts, a federal indictment in Pennsylvania state.
The 55-year-old allegedly dissected portions of human cadavers and took them to his home in Goffstown, New Hampshire to sell them online. Lodge’s wife Denise and two alleged buyers Katrina MacLean of Salem and Joshua Taylor of West Lawn, Pennsylvania were also charged in the indictment released Wednesday.
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Denise is 44 years old. MacLean was charged with transporting stolen goods. The maximum sentence is 10 years old. But she was let go since it is a non-violent offense. She will report in court.
Two other people charged are 52-year-old Mathew Lampi of East Bethel, Minnesota and 41-year-old Jeremy Pauley of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Candace Chapman Scott, a seventh person, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was indicted earlier. She’s accused of stealing and selling body parts.
“On November 20, 2020, Taylor sent Denise Lodge $200 with a memo than read, “braiiiiiins,” a complaint said. “Some crimes defy understanding,” U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania 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. With these charges, we are seeking to secure some measure of justice for all these victims.”
