The Dark Web is full of dangerous things, including the disgusting trade of human body parts. That’s not news. But what if I told you that body parts from Harvard, of all places, were stolen and sold? Cedric Lodge, 55, was able to obtain many dissected body parts illegally from the school as soon as two weeks ago. He sold them, even allowing buyers to personally choose the parts themselves at his home. The Lodges were arrested on June 14th, not long after his crime was committed.
Lodge took a wide variety of body parts, including brains, bones, skin, and heads. All of the body parts used at Harvard were donated with the purpose of studying and research, and, not surprisingly, Harvard confirmed that the body parts were in fact taken without their knowledge.
Not only was the public shaken by the crime, but the deans of Harvard were also shocked as well. Deans George Daley and Edward Hundert stated on the school’s website that it was “an abhorrent betrayal” on Lodge’s part, who used to work as a morgue manager at the school.
Still, that wasn’t all the deans had to say on the topic. According to The Los Angeles Times, Daley and Hundert had continued to give context on how they felt about what happened.
“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,” they wrote on the school website.
After Lodge stole the body parts, he allegedly took them back home to his wife, Denise (63 years old), where he started selling them. There, he mailed some of the orders while other ‘customers’ came in person to choose.
However, the Lodges were not the only one who was charged. The couple faced conviction along with three others: Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Mass.; Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pa.; and Mathew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minn.
Now, one might wonder what happened after the Lodges sold the body parts. Well, in the case of Taylor and Maclean, they had apparently “resold the stolen remains for profit,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Others who have been convicted for the same crime include Jeremy Pauley and Candace Chapman Scott. According to the Los Angeles Times, Pauley had later sold body parts to Lampi, who was also convicted for participating in the Lodge’s crime. Altogether, they have bought and sold from each other over $100,000 of body parts over the years.
In the end, all of them were convicted, as many would think they deserve. Buying, selling, and stealing human body parts is considered by many to be morally unacceptable, and they definitely have good reason to do so.
Lodge took a wide variety of body parts, including brains, bones, skin, and heads. All of the body parts used at Harvard were donated with the purpose of studying and research, and, not surprisingly, Harvard confirmed that the body parts were in fact taken without their knowledge.
Not only was the public shaken by the crime, but the deans of Harvard were also shocked as well. Deans George Daley and Edward Hundert stated on the school’s website that it was “an abhorrent betrayal” on Lodge’s part, who used to work as a morgue manager at the school.
Still, that wasn’t all the deans had to say on the topic. According to The Los Angeles Times, Daley and Hundert had continued to give context on how they felt about what happened.
“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,” they wrote on the school website.
After Lodge stole the body parts, he allegedly took them back home to his wife, Denise (63 years old), where he started selling them. There, he mailed some of the orders while other ‘customers’ came in person to choose.
However, the Lodges were not the only one who was charged. The couple faced conviction along with three others: Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Mass.; Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pa.; and Mathew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minn.
Now, one might wonder what happened after the Lodges sold the body parts. Well, in the case of Taylor and Maclean, they had apparently “resold the stolen remains for profit,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Others who have been convicted for the same crime include Jeremy Pauley and Candace Chapman Scott. According to the Los Angeles Times, Pauley had later sold body parts to Lampi, who was also convicted for participating in the Lodge’s crime. Altogether, they have bought and sold from each other over $100,000 of body parts over the years.
In the end, all of them were convicted, as many would think they deserve. Buying, selling, and stealing human body parts is considered by many to be morally unacceptable, and they definitely have good reason to do so.
