Ex-Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts sentenced to 8 years in jail

Al JazeeraCenterEN 2 min read 100% complete by Brian OsgoodDecember 17, 2025 at 03:01 AM

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Cedric Lodge, the former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for stealing and selling body parts from cadavers donated for medical research. Lodge, who managed the morgue for over 20 years, pleaded guilty in May to transporting stolen goods across state lines. He took heads, brains, skin, and other body parts from the morgue to his home in New Hampshire and sold them to individuals, some of whom resold them. His wife, Denise Lodge, received a one-year prison sentence for her role in facilitating the sales. The thefts, which occurred before Lodge's arrest in 2023, caused significant emotional distress to the families of the deceased.

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