This Wednesday, the 14th, US prosecutors stated that the morgue manager of the renowned Harvard Medical School, in the United States, would have allegedly removed parts of corpses from the workplace without permission and, subsequently, would have carried out the commercialization of these remains mortals.
Lawyer Gerard Karam expressed his dismay at the case involving Cedric Lodge, 55, who was accused of trafficking in stolen human remains. Karam stated that this one is on the shelves of crimes that defy logical reasoning.
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Cedric Lodge and his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, were accused of participating in a nationwide ring to buy and sell human remains. That indictment included five other alleged conspirators.
The prosecutor expressed his surprise at the case, especially as many of the victims would have consented to allow their remains to be used for educational and scientific purposes for the benefit of medicine and cure.
Harvard mortuary manager sold human remains
During the period from 2018 to 2022, prosecutors claim that Cedric Lodge allegedly appropriated organs and other parts of cadavers donated for medical research and education, before being cremated as per programmed.
According to the allegations, Lodge would have taken the remains from the Harvard site in Boston to his residence in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
It was in this residence that he and his wife, Denise, reportedly sold the remains to two of the other defendants in the case, Katrina Maclean and Joshua Taylor.
According to information from the office of the attorney, on certain occasions, the accused would have allowed Katrina Maclean and Joshua Taylor to enter the morgue to examine the corpses and select which they wanted to buy.
Cedric Lodge held the position of mortuary manager in Harvard University's anatomical gifts program. However, the university confirmed that he was dismissed from his post on May 6.
George Daley, dean of Harvard University's medical school, and Edward Hundert, dean of medical education, expressed shock at the learned of what had happened and released a joint statement, in which they expressed their surprise and disturbance at the situation that occurred in the campus.
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