Harvard morgue theft ring stole body parts, sold brains, flesh->leather
Harvard morgue theft ring stole body parts, sold brains, flesh->leather
The suspects “stole dissected portions of donated cadavers, including, for example, heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains," an indictment says.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Members of a macabre theft ring swiped human remains from the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston and sold the body parts to a nationwide network of buyers, officials said Wednesday.
Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts, and Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania, were also indicted.
"At times, Cedric Lodge allowed Maclean and Taylor to enter the morgue at Harvard Medical School and examine cadavers to choose what to purchase," federal prosecutors said in a statement.
Cedric Lodge "stole dissected portions of donated cadavers, including, for example, heads, brains, skin, bones, and other human remains, without the knowledge or permission of HMS," according to the indictment.
He and his wife would reach out to buyers through websites and cellphones "regarding the sales of stolen human remains," the court papers say.
"We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others," Harvard Medical School said in a statement.
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Sounds run of the mill...for R.L. Stevenson or Poe!
There was actually a short story by Stevenson on this topic exactly last year, if you haven't read the short stories by Poe and Stevenson and you like mystery, magic and page-turners, they are about the top of the English language in that type of literature.