Key background
An indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania in 2023 accused Lodge, Danise Lodge, Katrina Maclean and Joshua Taylor of running a years-long scheme to steal and sell “heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains” that had been slated for cremation after use by Harvard Medical School. Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison and six co-conspirators who bought remains from him have also pleaded guilty and been sentenced, with prison terms ranging from six months to 15 years, according to Justice Department records. The Harvard thefts were connected by a mutual buyer to another similar scheme perpetrated by Candace Chapman Scott, who is also alleged to have stolen and sold remains from a Little Rock, Arkansas, mortuary and crematorium.
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Big Number
20,000. That’s how many people in the United States annually donate their bodies to scientific research and education.
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further reading
ForbesBody Parts Stolen From Harvard Morgue, Shipped Via USPS, Indictment SaysBy Mary Whitfill Roeloffs