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Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Former Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to trafficking body parts from donated cadavers
The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue pleaded guilty to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and then selling them, federal prosecutors said. Cedric Lodge, 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to transporting stolen human remains, the Department of Justice said Thursday. MORE: Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing, selling human remains He pleaded guilty during a change of plea hearing Wednesday in federal court in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, according to his plea agreement. Lodge, who had managed the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School, admitted to transporting and selling the stolen human remains across multiple states from 2018 to at least March 2020, prosecutors said. While employed by the morgue, he "removed human remains, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts, from donated cadavers after they had been used for research and teaching purposes but before they could be disposed of according to the anatomical gift donation agreement between the donor and the school," the U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a press release. He then took them to his home and, along with his wife, sold them to people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. The transactions totaled in the tens of thousands of dollars, according to the indictment. MORE: Florida women arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace: Police Lodge's attorney declined to comment on the case Thursday. Harvard Medical School terminated Lodge's employment in May 2023, school officials said following his indictment, calling the activities an "abhorrent betrayal" and "morally reprehensible." Lodge acted "without the knowledge or cooperation of anyone else" at the institution, the school said. Several other individuals have also pleaded guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains in related cases, including Lodge's wife, Denise Lodge, who is awaiting sentencing, prosecutors said. Former Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to trafficking body parts from donated cadavers originally appeared on
22-05-2025
Former Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to trafficking body parts from donated cadavers
The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue pleaded guilty to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and then selling them, federal prosecutors said. Cedric Lodge, 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to transporting stolen human remains, the Department of Justice said Thursday. He pleaded guilty during a change of plea hearing Wednesday in federal court in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, according to his plea agreement. Lodge, who had managed the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School, admitted to transporting and selling the stolen human remains across multiple states from 2018 to at least March 2020, prosecutors said. While employed by the morgue, he "removed human remains, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts, from donated cadavers after they had been used for research and teaching purposes but before they could be disposed of according to the anatomical gift donation agreement between the donor and the school," the U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a press release. He then took them to his home and, along with his wife, sold them to people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. The transactions totaled in the tens of thousands of dollars, according to the indictment. Lodge's attorney declined to comment on the case Thursday. Harvard Medical School terminated Lodge's employment in May 2023, school officials said following his indictment, calling the activities an "abhorrent betrayal" and "morally reprehensible." Lodge acted "without the knowledge or cooperation of anyone else" at the institution, the school said. Several other individuals have also pleaded guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains in related cases, including Lodge's wife, Denise Lodge, who is awaiting sentencing, prosecutors said.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in human remains trafficking scheme
(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Thursday to transporting stolen human remains across state lines and selling them to a previously convicted Midstate man. The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said that Joshua Taylor, 46, of Wernersville, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on May 15 to buying human remains he knew were stolen from Harvard Medical School and transporting them from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania from 2018 through 2022. The attorney's office said Taylor also sold the stolen remains to multiple other people, including Jeremy Pauley of Cumberland County, who was previously sentenced for his involvement in a human remains trafficking scheme. Cedric Lodge, a former manager of the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School in Boston, allegedly stole organs and other body parts donated for medical research, transported them to New Hampshire, where his wife, Denise Lodge, sold them to Joshua Taylor, per the U.S. Attorney's office. Denise Lodge, Andrew Ensanian, Matthew Lampi, and Angelo Pereyra have also pleaded guilty to their involvement in the scheme, the attorney's office said. The maximum penalty under federal law for Taylor's crimes is 10 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release, and a fine, the attorney's office said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Berks man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
A Wernersville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he bought and sold human remains that had been stolen from Harvard Medical School. Joshua Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to interstate transport of stolen human remains, according to a release from Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to the release: Taylor admitted that he bought human remains that he knew had been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania from 2018 through 2022. Taylor also sold stolen human remains to others, including Jeremy Pauley of Susquehanna County, who pleaded guilty in September 2023 to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. The indictment alleged that from 2018 through 2022, Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School in Boston, stole organs and other parts of cadavers donated for medical research and education before their scheduled cremations. Lodge is accused of at times transporting stolen remains from Boston to his residence in Goffstown, N.H., where he and his wife, Denise Lodge, sold the remains to Taylor and others, making arrangements via cellphone and social media websites. On some occasions, Taylor transported stolen remains back to Pennsylvania. Officials said these other defendants also have pleaded guilty: Denise Lodge; Andrew Ensanian of Montgomery, Lycoming County; Matthew Lampi of East Bethel, Minn.; and Angelo Pereyra of Wichita, Kan. Lampi was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and Pereyra was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Denise Lodge and Ensanian are awaiting sentencing. Also, Candace Chapman-Scott, who stole remains from an Arkansas crematorium where she was employed and soldthem to Pauley in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court in Arkansas and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Berks man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
A Wernersville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he bought and sold human remains that had been stolen from Harvard Medical School. Joshua Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday before Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to interstate transport of stolen human remains, according to a release from Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to the release: Taylor admitted that he bought human remains that he knew had been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from New Hampshire to Pennsylvania from 2018 through 2022. Taylor also sold stolen human remains to others, including Jeremy Pauley of Susquehanna County, who pleaded guilty in September 2023 to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. The indictment alleged that from 2018 through 2022, Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue for the Anatomical Gifts Program at Harvard Medical School in Boston, stole organs and other parts of cadavers donated for medical research and education before their scheduled cremations. Lodge is accused of at times transporting stolen remains from Boston to his residence in Goffstown, N.H., where he and his wife, Denise Lodge, sold the remains to Taylor and others, making arrangements via cellphone and social media websites. On some occasions, Taylor transported stolen remains back to Pennsylvania. Officials said these other defendants also have pleaded guilty: Denise Lodge; Andrew Ensanian of Montgomery, Lycoming County; Matthew Lampi of East Bethel, Minn.; and Angelo Pereyra of Wichita, Kan. Lampi was sentenced to 15 months in prison, and Pereyra was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Denise Lodge and Ensanian are awaiting sentencing. Also, Candace Chapman-Scott, who stole remains from an Arkansas crematorium where she was employed and soldthem to Pauley in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court in Arkansas and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
