A federal judge has sentenced the former manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue to eight years in prison for stealing body parts.
Cedric Lodge “exploited for his own benefit the remains of people who could no longer speak for themselves,” Judge Matthew Brann said at Tuesday’s sentencing. “His punishment must fit this horrible crime.”
Prosecutors said Lodge sold body parts to people he met online, including in Facebook groups.
The buyers were collectors or people who then sold or traded the items again.
Lodge spent almost three decades working at Harvard Medical School. His attorney claimed his supervisor called him a “pleasure to work with.”
For an Ivy League grim reaper, sure.
