Cedrick Lodge is accused of selling skulls, hearts, genitals, and skin as part of his underground operation.
Lodge, 55, and his wife Katrina MacLean, 44, and four other individuals were charged with trafficking in stolen human remains, per theThey allegedly sold skulls, hearts, genitals, skin, and fetal remains through a Facebook group that focussed on buying, selling, and trading"oddities," according to aStock image of a cadaver on an autopsy table with a label tied to the toe.
"Additionally, Jeremy Pauley, age 41, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was charged by Criminal Information, and Candace Chapman Scott, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was previously indicted in the Eastern District of Arkansas." Scott, who worked at a funeral home in Little Rock, Arkansas, first contacted Pauley in October 2021 and enquired about getting an"intact embalmed brain," according to federal court documents seen by the"I follow your page and work and LOVE it. I'm a mortician and work at a trade service mortuary," Scott said in the message.
"Some crimes defy understanding. The theft and trafficking of human remains strikes at the very essence of what makes us human," he said. The U.S. Attorney's Office has said it will continue to identify and contact the families of as many of the victims as possible but it is not yet known how many bodies were violated.
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