Cedric Lodge sentenced to 8 years for stealing and selling cadaver parts; wife got 1 year; Harvard liable in related lawsuits.

Cedric Lodge, former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts from donated cadavers over a two-decade period, with prosecutors saying he sold organs and tissues to collectors via online platforms. His wife, Denise Lodge, received a one-year sentence for helping ship the parts and process payments. The scheme, which involved over 400 families, exposed serious lapses in oversight at a leading medical institution and led to Harvard being ruled liable in lawsuits brought by affected families.