USA v. Lodge, et al.
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4:23-cr-00159
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April 17, 2025
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Takes Plea Over Stolen Remains
Harvard Medical School's former morgue manager plans to plead guilty to one criminal count in a case alleging he stole and sold human remains from cadavers in his care to a network of "oddities" buyers across the country.
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April 15, 2025
Pa. Man To Plead Guilty In Harvard Body Parts Theft Case
A Pennsylvania man will plead guilty to a federal charge for transporting body parts that were allegedly stolen from cadavers by the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue, according to a Tuesday filing.
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March 18, 2025
Feds Reject 'Absurd' Defense In Harvard Body Parts Case
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have blasted an "absurd argument" that a stolen-goods law doesn't criminalize buying and selling body parts stolen from cadavers donated to the Harvard Medical School's morgue.
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March 03, 2025
Oddities Shop Owner Says Collecting Body Parts Not Criminal
A woman accused of taking part in an interstate ring buying and selling human remains allegedly stolen by the former director of Harvard University's morgue asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss an indictment against her, arguing that charges of transporting stolen goods don't apply to body parts.
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February 21, 2024
Morgue Manager's Wife Cops To Role In Body Part Sales
The wife of a Harvard University morgue manager will cop to interstate transport of stolen goods for her role in the alleged scheme to steal and sell human remains to a nationwide network, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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September 08, 2023
Defendant In Harvard Body Theft Case Pleads Guilty
One of the defendants charged in connection with the alleged theft and sale of body parts from a Harvard Medical School morgue pled guilty Thursday to his role in buying and reselling human remains both from Harvard and an Arkansas mortuary, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced.
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June 14, 2023
Harvard Morgue Manager Charged With Selling Body Parts
The manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue stole and sold human remains to a network of individuals around the country, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania said Wednesday, actions the school called disturbing and "morally reprehensible."