
Postmortem, Update: The Sentences
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December 23, 2025 · 34 min · Season 4 · Episode 6
About this episode
This episode provides an update on the criminal cases against Cedric Lodge, Denise Lodge, and Jeremy Pauley, who were sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a human remains trading network.
In this update episode of Postmortem , reporter Ally Jarmanning updates us on the criminal cases against Harvard Medical School's former morgue manager Cedric Lodge, his wife Denise, and Jeremy Pauley, whose arrest first exposed the nationwide network of human remains trading. All were sentenced to time in federal prison.
People in this episode
Host: Ally Jarmanning
Topics covered
- criminal cases
- human remains trading
- federal prison
- morgue manager
- update episode
Keywords
- criminal cases
- human remains
- Cedric Lodge
- Denise Lodge
- Jeremy Pauley
- federal prison
- morgue manager
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Harvard Medical School
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