Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing, selling human remains
Five people, including a Harvard Medical School morgue manager, face federal charges after allegedly conspiring to steal and sell body parts from donated cadavers. Five people, including a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, face federal charges after allegedly conspiring to steal and sell body parts from cadavers donated to the institution. A federal grand jury indicted Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, who managed the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School, with conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods charges for allegedly transporting and selling the human remains across multiple states between 2018 and 2022. Cedric Lodge's wife, Denise Lodge, 63, and two others -- Katrina Maclean. 44, of Salem, Massachusetts, and Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania -- were also indicted on the same charges as part of an alleged conspiracy to "profit from the interstate shipment, purchase, and sale of stolen human remai...