"Two dissected faces for $600. Human brains for $200. “Head number 7″ for $1,000."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDU1tuOMHM
The morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, Cedric lodge, who has now been sacked, his wife, Denis Lodge and a Peabody business owner are among several people accused of trafficking body parts stolen from the school’s morgue that were intended for use by researchers in a grotesque multi-state scheme, with some of the body parts sold via Facebook and PayPal and shipped through U.S. Postal Service mail, court documents allege.

According to a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday. Morgue manager Cedric Lodge, 55, his wife Denise, 66 and two others — Katrina MacLean, 44, and Joshua Taylor, 46, — allegedly conspired with Jeremy Pauley, 41, to sell human remains for a profit, the documents from the Middle District of Pennsylvania state.

Pauley, who was charged in August 2022 with multiple counts related to the alleged purchase and sale of corpses, allegedly bought body parts from MacLean, court documents said. Investigators then found that, since about 2018, MacLean and Taylor had been selling human parts and remains that they had purchased from the Lodges.

Cedric Lodge on several occasions allegedly let Maclean and Taylor examine cadavers at the Harvard Medical School morgue so that they could pick which ones they wanted to buy, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a statement. Lodge also allegedly shipped human remains to Taylor and others who were not in Pennsylvania, the statement said.

An estimated 20,000 people donate their bodies to science for the purpose of medical research and education every year. But unlike organ donation, these body parts and remains can be bought and sold for profit — in a market with very few federal regulations.

ONE OF THE ACCOMPLICE, MACLEAN KATHRINE ALLEGEDLY OPERATES A STORE WHERE REMAINS ARE STORED AND SOLD

Court documents allege that MacLean and Taylor sold human body parts to numerous buyers and that MacLean also stored and sold remains in Kat's Creepy Creations, her store in Salem, Massachusetts. The store's Instagram page says it specializes in "creepy dolls, oddities, and bone art," and one post was captioned, "If you're in the market for human bones hit me up," CBS Boston reported.

The indictment alleges that between September 2018 and July 2021, Taylor transferred 39 electronic payments totaling $37,355 to a PayPal account of Denise Lodge, in payment for human remains stolen by her husband, Cedric, from Harvard Medical School.

On May 19, 2019, Taylor allegedly sent Denise Lodge $1,000 with a memo stating “head number 7,” the indictment states. And on Nov. 20, 2020, Taylor allegedly sent her $200 with a memo that read, “braiiiiiins.”

In October 2020, Maclean “agreed to purchase two dissected faces for $600″ from Cedric Lodge, and the two agreed to meet at the Harvard Medical School morgue on Oct. 28, 2020 “to conduct the transaction,” the indictment states.


In June or July of 2021, MacLean sent Pauley human skin and asked him to tan the skin to create leather, the court documents allege. MacLean then allegedly contacted Lodge at Harvard Medical School and asked him to help her locate skin for "the dude I sent the chest piece to tan."

POLICE LOCATED THREE 5-GALLON BUCKETS CONTAINING VARIOUS HUMAN REMAINS IN PAULEY'S BASEMENT

In May, police searched Pauley's home after a federal indictment in Arkansas alleged he purchased nearly $11,000 of body parts from Candace Chapman Scott, a 36-year-old former mortuary worker at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services.

That indictment didn't name Pauley directly as the buyer, but police located three 5-gallon buckets containing various human remains in his basement.

According to court records, Pauley is next expected to appear before a Pennsylvania Magisterial District judge for a preliminary hearing on July 5. A request for comment from Pauley's attorney wasn't immediately returned.

THE NOW FIRED HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL MORGUE MANAGER, CEDRIC LODGE AND HIS WIFE TO APPEAR IN A PENNSYLVANIA COURT NEXT

The Lodges appeared in court in New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon. They will next have to appear in a Pennsylvania court, CBS Boston's Kristina Rex reported.

Kathrina MacLean is also due in federal court in Boston.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cedric-lodge-harvard-medical-school-morgue-manager-accused-of-selling-body-parts/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=219963828

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.boston25news.com/news/local/egregious-6-charged-trafficking-scheme-body-parts-stolen-harvard-medical-school-morgue/LND3GLMSSNFQZM67KWXK4YPUXQ/%3foutputType=amp

Recall, Harvard Medical School fired Lodge on May 6.

The school dean released a statement yesterday.

An abhorrent betrayal

June 14, 2023

Dear Members of the HMS and HSDM Communities:

It is with profound sadness and distress that we write to share with you that federal authorities have accused a former Harvard Medical School employee of having engaged in activities that are morally reprehensible.

Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment and arrest of Cedric Lodge for the unlawful interstate transport of stolen human remains from “in or about 2018 through on or about August 16, 2022.” Lodge worked in the morgue as part of the Anatomical Gift Program until HMS terminated his employment on May 6. Investigators believe that Lodge acted without the knowledge or cooperation of anyone else at HMS or Harvard. Lodge was indicted along with other individuals not affiliated with Harvard.

We have been working with information supplied by federal authorities and examining our own records, particularly the logs showing when donor remains were sent to be cremated and when Lodge was on campus, to try to determine which anatomical donors may have been impacted. Federal authorities continue to investigate, and additional information may emerge.

We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others. The reported incidents are a betrayal of HMS and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research.

We are so very sorry for the pain this news will cause for our anatomical donors’ families and loved ones, and HMS pledges to engage with them during this deeply distressing time. We have established the following specifically for family members and next of kin:

Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has and will continue to attempt to identify victims and contact as many of the victims’ families affected by this case as possible. If anyone believes they or a family member may have been affected by the conduct charged in these indictments and information, please contact the Victim and Witness Unit at usapam-victim.information@usdoj.gov or 717-614-4249.

Our hearts also ache for the members of our community who work, teach, and learn in our anatomy lab, particularly our students and our anatomy faculty. We encourage you to access the available resources and supports outlined on this website for HMS and HSDM community members.

An important and meaningful part of how all first-year medical and dental students learn human anatomy is through the dissection and examination of donor cadavers. As HMS students ourselves in the 1980s and early 1990s, we both learned anatomy in the same dissection laboratory used today. The enormous respect and gratitude we felt toward the donors and the deep reverence we held for the process of dissection remain present with us today. Learning anatomy transforms students from pre-meds to physician-healers; it is an experience that changes your heart and soul, forever. Those values are passed down every fall to our new students who, each year, at the conclusion of their studies, hold a poignant, private memorial service to honor the donors.

HMS prides itself on lifelong learning and is dedicated to introspection, innovation, and growth, particularly in the face of challenge. These values drive our commitment to do all we can to prevent something like this from happening again. To that end, Harvard University has appointed an external panel of experts to evaluate our Anatomical Gift Program and morgue policies and practices, with the goal of providing constructive feedback and recommendations to improve security for the program and for the generous whole-body donations it receives.

We owe it to ourselves, our community, our profession, and our patients and their loved ones to ensure that HMS is worthy of the donors who have entrusted their bodies to us for the advancement of medical education and research. There is nothing more sacred and worthy of our attention and respect.

Sincerely,

George Q. Daley
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Harvard University

Edward M. Hundert
Dean for Medical Education
Harvard Medical School

https://hms.harvard.edu/about-hms/office-dean/messages-dean

Katrina Maclean, owner of Kat’s Creepy Creations in Peabody, who then sold the stolen body parts at her business, court documents allege.

Kat’s Creepy Creations sells dolls and “Creations that shock the mind & shake the soul. Creepy dolls, Oddities, Bone Art,” according to the Instagram page for the business.

These are some the pictures of her creepy collection.

“Some crimes defy understanding,”

- U.S. Attorney Gerard Karam of Pennsylvania said in a statement.

“The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very essence of what makes us human. It is particularly egregious that so many of the victims here volunteered to allow their remains to be used to educate medical professionals and advance the interests of science and healing.”

Very very deep.

If not for packaging, this isn't different from the news we hear in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. These are even whites which shows that it isn't perculiar to only blacks in Africa.

This is RITUALS.
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Synonymous with one particular tribe in Naija. They even ravage cemeteries and morgues in search of human remains.

Miners indeed


*spit

Even Oyinbo dey harvest body parts And to think this is linked to the great Harvard University!

I thought they've started oke ite madness ritual over there.

Their ancestors must have come from Ogun state

A while Harvard of USA. Thought this is peculiar to Africa only.

Before you start comparing with what we have in Nigeria.

What they did was actually stealing and selling donated bodies that were meant for research.

Not killing to sell the parts.

The number of people suffering from mental illness in the US surpasses the mental illness globally.
Imagine gay, right to abort at free will, disfiguring body, unclothedness(body positivity),

Na this kind thing make me believe say ghosts no dey

emmy512:
Before you start comparing with what we have in Nigeria.

What they did was actually stealing and selling donated bodies that were meant for research.

Not killing to sell the parts.

So we should praise and glorify them instead?.... Since they are not killing, they are only selling abi.


Most of you guys have gone n*t with the way you like to undermine Nigeria as a country. Just read what you wrote up there.

OMO

lhordspy:


So we should praise and glorify them instead?.... Since they are not killing, they are only selling abi.


Most of you guys have gone n*t with the way you like to undermine Nigeria as a country. Just read what you wrote up there.

Praise them if you want to.

I'm simply stating a fact that most people would miss as I already notice from first people who commented.

They didn't kill,
They stole,

And what they stole was human and parts meant for research.

Mind you that is their field, dealing with dead bodies

emmy512:


Praise them if you want to.

I'm simply stating a fact that most people would miss as I already notice from first people who commented.

They didn't kill,
They stole,

And what they stole was human and parts meant for research.

Mind you that is their field, dealing with dead bodies

What is 'it is their field'? Did you read what was up there atall. .... What are you even saying?

Only Cedric-Lodge is the morgue worker. The rest are traffickers or buyers. They never stole any part. It is not a case of stealing. They are dealing in human parts trade, they are trafficking human parts. Unauthorised.

And the way you put the first comment of yours. It doesnt look like you are straightening out any fact. You were making an excuse for the act by trying to compare it with another.

Greed !
Oh LORD !!!!!!

Some Nigerian have opened a branch in the US

Is he from Nigeria


He dey sell am for Yahoo boys

Ritualist sef dey havard na wa oo

Maybe he's shipping those body parts to Ogun state for money ritual

H

Who are those that buy them, they are definitely practicing voodoo

I’m not shocked at all..

Howfar? I'm actively buying LinkedIn accounts. Check siggy for number.

Man is born free but everywhere he is in chain

Ok

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