New Delhi, May 25 -- In a case as macabre as it is surreal, a former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue has pleaded guilty to trafficking stolen human remains including dissected heads, brains, faces, and skin, and selling them on the black market.

Alongside the man, Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise Lodge, was also involved, who received $37,355.16 (nearly Rs.32 lakh) over three years. Payments were made via PayPal and had memos such as "head number 7" and "braiiiiiiins," as per the federal indictment obtained by People Magazine.

Cedric Lodge, 57, admitted on May 21 in a federal court in Pennsylvania to interstate transport of stolen human remains taken from cadavers donated to Harvard for medical research and education.

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