Ex-Harvard morgue manager agrees to plea guilty to stealing, selling human body parts

The former manager of Harvard Medical School’s morgue has agreed to plea guilty to stealing body parts and selling them across state lines, according to documents filed Wednesday in federal court.

Cedric Lodge, 57, was arrested two years ago on charges he took parts of donated cadavers — among them heads, brains, skin and bones — and sold them as part of a “nationwide network” of people buying and selling human remains.

The plea agreement, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, shows Lodge has agreed to plead guilty to one count of interstate transport of stolen goods. The maximum penalty is imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of $250,000…

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