Archive · 25 May 2025
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty to Body Parts Trafficking
A former Harvard employee, Cedric Lodge, stole body parts from cadavers and sold them illegally.
Lodge, the manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue, took parts like organs and skin without permission from 2018 to 2020.
He and his wife then sold these remains to buyers in multiple states.
Several people involved in buying and selling the stolen body parts have pleaded guilty, with some already sentenced to prison time.
The FBI and other agencies investigated the case.
Lodge faces up to 10 years in prison.
Cedric Lodge, a former Harvard employee, pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen human remains.
Lodge stole body parts from the Harvard Medical School morgue between 2018 and 2020.
He transported the remains to his New Hampshire residence and sold them.
His wife and other individuals were also involved in the selling and shipping of the remains.
Several accomplices have pleaded guilty and received prison sentences.
- Who
- Cedric Lodge, former Harvard Medical School morgue manager, and his wife, along with other buyers and sellers including Joshua Taylor, Andrew Ensanian, Jeremy Pauley, and Candace Chapman-Scott.
- What
- Cedric Lodge stole and trafficked human remains including organs, brains, skin, hands, and faces from cadavers.
- When
- From 2018 through March 2020.
- Where
- Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston, Massachusetts, Lodge's residence in New Hampshire, and various locations across multiple states including Pennsylvania and Arkansas.
- Why
- Lodge was selling the stolen human remains for profit.
- Suspect
- Cedric Lodge
- Role
- Former Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager
- Crime
- Human remains trafficking
- Location of theft
- Harvard Medical School morgue, Boston
- Timeframe
- 2018 - March 2020
- Maximum Penalty
- 10 years imprisonment