In June, four individuals were charged with federal crimes related to the “unlawful transport” across state lines of human remains taken from the Harvard Medical School morgue. This indictment was part of a larger effort by the U.S. Department of Justice to shut down a national network of people trafficking in human remains.

Cedric Lodge, who had been the morgue manager until his firing in May, was accused of removing human remains that had been donated to the medical school. According to the indictment, he and his wife, Denise Lodge, shipped those remains to Katrina MacLean, the owner of a store called Kat’s Creepy Creations, and Joshua Taylor, an individual living in Pennsylvania. Taylor transferred nearly US$40,000 to the Lodges via PayPal, with memos that included “head number 7” and “braiiiiiins.”

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Tanya D. Marsh, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at Wake Forest School of Law. Courtesy photo Tanya D. Marsh, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law at Wake Forest School of Law. Courtesy photo

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