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News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published Oct. 5, 2026

IT'S COME TO THIS!

• Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise, 63, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, were indicted in federal court after it was revealed that they allegedly were stealing and selling human body parts, the Associated Press reports.

Lodge was the manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue until he was fired. He and his wife offered a shopping opportunity at the morgue, where buyers could pick which donated remains they wanted.

The Lodges would then take the items home and ship them through the mail.

The parts included heads, brains, skin and bones.

Three others were indicted: Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts; Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania; and Mathew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minnesota.

Prosecutors say they were part of a nationwide network of people who buy and sell human remains.

Harvard called the actions "morally reprehensible."

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