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Possible Tort Liability for Harvard in Donated Cadaver Parts Theft Case

A short excerpt from yesterday's long Massachusetts high court decision in Weiss v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, written… The post Possible Tort Liability for Harvard in Donated Cadaver Parts Theft Case appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Oct 7, 2025

Former morgue manager of Harvard Medical School to plead guilty to stealing and selling body parts

Cedric Lodge was accused of stealing and selling human heads, brains, skin and bones from cadavers as part of a ‘nationwide network’

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025

40 human skulls found in Kentucky apartment linked to national network of body part dealers

The alleged theft of donated body parts from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary is revealing a national network of human remains dealers.

LiveScience · Jul 25, 2023

Morgue manager at Harvard Medical School sold stolen body parts, prosecutors say

Brains, skin and more were taken from dissected portions of donated cadavers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard morgue body parts case

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Four indicted over ‘appalling’ theft of body parts from Harvard Medical School

Morgue manager Cedric Lodge and his wife Denise allegedly took ‘heads, brains, skin, bones and other human remains’

The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2023

‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard Medical School body parts seller

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Harvard morgue manager ‘sold body parts and human skin that was made into leather’

Paypal memo of one transaction read ‘head number 7’ as medical school deans call accusations ‘an abhorrent betrayal’

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling donated body parts

Cedric Lodge was indicted with several others over what prosecutors said was a nationwide scheme.

Axios · Jun 15, 2023

Harvard Medical School morgue manager, 4 others indicted in theft, sale of human remains

A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023