Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager
Summary
Harvard Medical School agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits from families of people who donated their bodies for research but whose remains were stolen and sold by a former morgue manager. Cedric Lodge, the former employee, was sentenced to eight years in prison for selling body parts without the school's permission.Key Facts
- Harvard Medical School settled lawsuits for $53 million over stolen body parts.
- The theft was done by Cedric Lodge, the former morgue manager.
- Lodge sold bodies’ brains, skin, hands, and faces on the black market.
- The stolen body parts were donated between January 2018 and March 2023.
- Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison; his wife got just over one year for helping him.
- Six buyers of the stolen remains were also convicted and sentenced.
- Harvard apologized and promised to improve its Anatomical Gift Program.
- The school will create a scholarship for medical students to honor body donors.
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