Vendía cerebros y rostros por internet: condenaron a 8 años de cárcel a exgerente de la morgue de Harvard por traficar restos humanos
El exgerente del depósito de cadáveres de la prestigiosa Harvard Medical School fue condenado a ocho años de prisión por robar y vender restos humanos...
TL;DR
- Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager Cedric Lodge sentenced to eight years in prison.
- Lodge pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen human remains between 2018 and March 2020.
- Stolen remains included organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, and preserved heads.
- Lodge and his wife transported remains to their home and other locations before shipping them to buyers.
- Buyers were sometimes allowed to inspect bodies at the morgue to select items for purchase.
- Denise Lodge received a one-year prison sentence.
- The Justice Department stated many of the sold remains were resold for profit.
- Other buyers have been convicted or are awaiting sentencing.
- One buyer allegedly sent human skin to be tanned into leather.
- Another accused individual stole remains from an Arkansas morgue, including stillborn infants.
- Two other accused individuals exchanged over $100,000 in online payments for remains.