BOSTON — A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue is a member of an alleged human remains trafficking ring, according to federal investigators, who have made several arrests.
“Some crimes defy understanding,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard M. Karam, whose office is handling the case. “The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very essence of what makes us human.”
On Tuesday, Cedric Lodge, 55, the former manager of the school’s morgue, his wife, Denise Lodge, 63, both of Goffstown, New Hampshire; as well as Katrina MacLean, 44, of Salem; Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania, and Mathew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minnesota, were indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods charges. This followed charges against Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and Candace Chapman Scott, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
