Medical Schools and Body Donation Programs

Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge, 58, was sentenced in federal court to eight years in prison for stealing and selling human body parts from donated cadavers between 2018 and at least March 2020, transporting remains from the Boston morgue to his New Hampshire home and shipping them to buyers across several states. His wife, Denise Lodge, 65, received a 12‑month‑and‑one‑day sentence for her role, as the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service detailed tens of thousands of dollars in payments — including orders labeled for a dissected head and “braiiiiiins” — and Harvard condemned the conduct as abhorrent and inconsistent with its standards.