Update: A New Hampshire sheriff’s deputy who donated his body to Harvard Medical School may have been sold for parts by the morgue manager.
Morgue manager Cedric Lodge (pictured above) was arrested and charged with running a theft ring that sold heads, brains, skin, and bones to individuals around the country.
The body parts allegedly came from cadavers donated to the school for medical research purposes.
The daughters of the sheriff’s deputy who passed away in 2019 say his wife died, too, and her body was also donated to Harvard Medical School.
They told ABC News they’re horrified to know that their father’s body was part of a grotesque criminal scheme at Harvard.
The FBI said Lodge sold body parts for tens of thousands of dollars to three individuals who were also arrested in the scheme.
Lodge and his wife, Denise Lodge, allegedly sold rolls of skin to a “creepy doll” maker and to a leather tanner.
Pennsylvania resident Joshua Taylor and Katrina MacLean, of Salem, were both named in the indictment, according to Boston.com.
In March, the FBI executed a search warrant at MacLean’s novelty store, Kat’s Creepy Creations, which specializes in “creepy dolls” and bone art.
Investigators say MacLean was allowed to enter the morgue and choose what she wanted to buy.
According to the indictment, MacLean shipped human skin to Jeremy Pauley, who tanned the skin to create leather.
The indictment also states MacLean allegedly used the tanned skin to make creepy dolls at her Peabody shop.
She also sold the skin to buyers in multiple states.
Between Sept. 3, 2018, and July 12, 2021, Taylor allegedly wired a total of $37,355.56 in PayPal payments to an account controlled by Denise Lodge.
Harvard Medical School fired Cedric Lodge on May 6. He worked at the school morgue for 28 years.
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