Harvard University Medical School Mortuary Director Cedric Lodge and 3 other people with him stealing ‘brain, head, skin and bones’ from cadavers donated to the morgue created a bombshell effect on the country’s agenda. It was reported that Lodge and 3 other people sold these cadaver parts they stole to buyers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts over the internet.
HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS JOB FOR 3 YEARS…
The US Attorney’s Office announced that Lodge, who used the title of Anatomical Donation Program director to dissect the donated cadavers, allowed recipients to examine the cadavers to decide which parts to receive in the event, which he continued from 2018 to 2021.
A TOTAL OF 37 THOUSAND DOLLARS HAVE BEEN PAID
The names of those who bought the cadaver parts were announced as Katrina Maclean from Massachusetts and Joshua Taylor from West Lawn and Pennsylvania, while it was learned that Katrina Maclean bought the mutilated faces for $ 600.
Joshua Taylor allegedly paid Denise Lodge more than $37,000 in total.
In the indictment regarding the incident, it was stated that there was a purchase of one thousand dollars, which allegedly wrote “head number 7”.
US Attorney Gerard M. Karam said, “The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very core of what makes us human.”
Some of the cadavers donated to Harvard students are cremated after use, while others are buried in the university medical cemetery.
THEY CAN TAKE 15 YEARS IN PRISON
Cedric Lodge and his wife, Denise Lodge, who attended the first hearing at the New Hampshire federal courthouse yesterday, declined to answer questions from journalists. All four of the defendants will face 15 years in prison if found guilty.