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A former Harvard morgue manager is accused of stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, indictment says

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“Some crimes defy understanding,” U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard M. Karam said in a statement.

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  1. The Boston Globe

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager and wife charged in connection with theft and sale of human body parts (opens The Boston Globe)

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    From about 2018 until at least August 2022, Cedric Lodge and his wife sold body parts stolen from the morgue, according to an indictment handed down Tuesday that said they were allegedly part of a illegal nationwide network to buy and sell organs.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager, 4 others indicted in theft, sale of human remains (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in connection with the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday.

  3. Fox News

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager, several others charged for selling stolen human remains (opens Fox News)

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    Six suspects are accused of stealing and selling body parts across the U.S., including Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, who allegedly stole parts of donated cadavers.

  4. Forbes

    Body Parts Stolen From Harvard Morgue, Shipped Via USPS, Indictment Says (opens Forbes)

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    Brains, skins and bones were among the parts allegedly stolen from Harvard before being sold, with some human remains ending up in a store called Kat's Creepy Creations.

  5. WDTN Dayton

    Harvard morgue manager and four others charged in theft and sale of human body parts (opens WDTN Dayton)

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    SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Penn…

  6. WPRI Providence

    Former Harvard morgue manager stole brains, skin and other body parts to sell them, indictment says (opens WPRI Providence)

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    SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Penn…

  7. Waco Tribune-Herald

    A former Harvard morgue manager is accused of stealing, selling and shipping human body parts, indictment says (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    “Some crimes defy understanding,” U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard M. Karam said in a statement.

  8. Mycham Plain Valley

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager sold body parts, indictment says (opens Mycham Plain Valley)

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    Harvard Morgue Manager Cedric Lodge, 55, was indicted in connection with stealing and selling body parts, according to a federal indictment. Lodge is accused of stealing dissected portions of cadav…

  9. CBS News

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge accused of selling stolen body parts (opens CBS News)

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    Cedric Lodge, the manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School, has been accused of selling stolen body parts.

  10. Portland Press Herald

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager, 4 others charged with selling human remains (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The body parts were taken without the school's knowledge or permission, authorities said, adding that the school has cooperated with the investigation.

  11. WHDH Boston

    Morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, several others charged for selling stolen body parts - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    Several people, including the morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, have been accused of selling stolen body parts, law officials say.According to an indictment filed

  12. NBC News

    4 charged with stealing and selling human body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue (opens NBC News)

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    The macabre theft ring “stole dissected portions of donated cadavers, including, for example, heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains," according to the indictment.

  13. WHDH Boston

    ‘Some crimes defy understanding’: Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, others charged for selling stolen body parts - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    Several people, including the former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, are facing federal charges for the sale and transportation of stolen body parts, according

  14. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Harvard morgue manager and four others charged in theft and sale of human body parts | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Harvard morgue manager and four others charged in theft and sale of human body parts

  15. Axios

    Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling donated body parts (opens Axios)

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    Cedric Lodge was indicted with several others over what prosecutors said was a nationwide scheme.

  16. The Boston Globe

    How the alleged scheme to buy and sell body parts was carried out, according to prosecutors (opens The Boston Globe)

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    On Wednesday, the former manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School was accused of taking part in a sprawling conspiracy to steal and sell human body parts that had been donated to the school.

  17. France 24

    Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts (opens France 24)

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    The morgue manager at America's prestigious Harvard Medical School allegedly took dead body parts from his workplace without permission and then sold them, US prosecutors said Wednesday.

  18. UPI

    Ex-Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts (opens UPI)

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    Federal prosecutors said the former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School has been charged with selling human body parts he stole from cadavers donated to the university for medical research and education.

  19. New York Times

    Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager Sold Body Parts, U.S. Says (opens New York Times)

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    Federal prosecutors said the manager was one of seven people charged with being part of a network that bought and sold remains stolen from the medical school and an Arkansas mortuary.

  20. Deseret News

    Former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School charged with stealing, selling body parts (opens Deseret News)

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    Cedric Lodge, 55, and three others — including his wife Denise Lodge, 63 — have been indicted for the theft and sale of human body parts.

  21. The Guardian

    Four indicted over ‘appalling’ theft of body parts from Harvard Medical School (opens The Guardian)

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    Morgue manager Cedric Lodge and his wife Denise allegedly took ‘heads, brains, skin, bones and other human remains’

  22. Legal Insurrection

    Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager and Wife Charged With Stealing and Selling Human Body Parts (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    “We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others”

  23. Washington Post

    Harvard morgue manager charged in scheme to sell stolen body parts (opens Washington Post)

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    So far, seven people have been charged in an alleged scheme to sell body parts stolen from an Arkansas mortuary and the Harvard Medical School morgue.

  24. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Ex-Harvard morgue manager allegedly stole heads, brains, skin (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    SCRANTON, Pa. >> A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Wednesday.

  25. Independent Journal Review

    'Abhorrent': Harvard Manager Charged with Selling Human Body Parts, Including from Infants (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Officials allege that a network of buying and selling human body parts was supplied, in part, by corpses from the Harvard Medical School.

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