Wife of Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty to Transporting Stolen Human Remains

Denise Lodge, left, covers her face with a printout of the indictment against her as she walks from the federal courthouse in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via AP, File

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa.—The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts—including hands, feet, and heads—to buyers.

Denise Lodge, 64, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania to a charge of interstate transportation of stolen goods, according to court records.