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Joshua Taylor
Harrisburg, PA
News
Stillborns, Harvard Cadaver Parts Sold Nationwide By PA Man Sentenced: DOJ
A Pennsylvania man who bought and sold stolen human remains—including stillborn babies and Harvard cadaver parts—and stored them in 5-gallon buckets inside his home has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Jeremy Pauley, 43, of Thompson, Susquehanna County, was sentenced to 72 months by Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. He was also fined $2,000 and ordered to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. He ran a black-market…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Ex-Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty In Gruesome Human Remains Trafficking Case
A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue has admitted to stealing and selling human body parts — including brains and faces — in a scheme that reached Pennsylvania and shocked communities nationwide. Cedric Lodge, 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pled guilty in federal court to interstate transport of stolen human remains, the US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said. Prosecutors say he worked at Harvard’s morgue from 2018 through March 2020, where he secretly took body parts from cadavers that had been donated for scientific study. According to investigators, L…
Cambridge, MA
News
Harvard Morgue Manager Kept Body Parts At Home, Sold Them To Black Market Network: Feds
A manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue is accused of stealing body parts from cadavers and selling them to several people across the country, federal investigators said. Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, is charged with interstate transport of stolen goods — the goods being human body parts, according to the US Department of Justice. His wife, Denise Lodge, is also charged in the case. Other members of the "nationwide network" who are also charged with interstate transport of stolen goods include: Katerina Maclean, age 44, of Salem, Massachusetts Joshua Taylor, 4…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Stillborn Baby Corpses Sold By Nationwide Network:
Usdoj
Indictment
Two Pennsylvania men have been indicted in connection to purchasing human body parts— including stillborn babies— from medical students through social media, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Those indicted for conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods charges— the goods being human body parts— are as follows according to the US Department of Justice: Cedric Lodge, age 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire. Katrina Maclean, age 44, of Salem, Massachusetts. Joshua Taylor, age 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania. Denise Lo…
Cambridge, MA
Obituaries
Friends 'Heartbroken, In Shock' Over Couple's Death In Eastern Mass Car Crash
Peers are lamenting after of a couple that recently graduated from the same college in Rhode Island died in rollover crash in Eastern Massachusetts this weekend. Haley Gens and Joshua "Josh" Taylor, both age 23, were killed in the single-vehicle crash that happened in Middlesex County near 717 Highland Street in Holliston on Saturday night, March 18, Holliston Police report. Connecticut resident Gens, of the town of Avon in Hartford County, participated in cross country at Bryant University while Taylor, a resident of Holliston, was a member of the Ultimate Frisbee team, as previously r…
Cambridge, MA
Police & Fire
Bryant University Alumni, Couple Die In Weekend Rollover Crash In Eastern Mass
A couple who attended the same college in Rhode Island died in a rollover crash in Eastern Massachusetts this weekend. Haley Gens and Joshua "Josh" Taylor, both age 23, were killed in the single-vehicle crash that happened in Middlesex County near 717 Highland Street in Holliston on Saturday night, March 18, Holliston Police report. Please see the updated Media Release by Chief Stone as it relates to last night's fatal motor vehicle crash on Highland Street. There is no additional information available at this time. Posted by Holliston Police Department on Sunday, March 19, 2023 Initia…
Brentwood, NY
News
20-Year-Old Dies In 2-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Highway
A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a Long Island highway. Emergency crews were called at around 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 17, with reports of a crash in Islandia, on Veterans Memorial Highway near East Suffolk Avenue, according to Suffolk County Police. A preliminary investigation found that Joshua Taylor, of Islandia, was driving his Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway when a westbound box truck attempted to make a U-turn in front of him. Taylor hit the brakes and was ejected from the bike. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The 66-y…
Brentwood, NY
News
Calls Grow For Investigation Of Police Handling Of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Case
A petition calling for an investigation into a Florida police agency's handling of the case of the late Brian Laundrie, who was named a person of interest in the homicide of fellow Long Island native Gabby Petito, has received more than 3,600 signatures. The Change.org petition calls for a "formal internal investigation" into how the North Port Police Department in Sarasota County handled Laundrie's case. Laundrie, age 23, was the only person of interest authorities named in the death of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito, both of whom grew up in Blue Point in Suffolk County. Petit…
Brentwood, NY
News
Brian Laundrie Was Likely Dead When Police Mistook His Mother For Him, Authorities Say
A police spokesman in the Brian Laundrie case said a mistake made by officers mistaking his mother for him, did not have a big impact on the investigation because he was likely dead by that time. Joshua Taylor, the spokesman for the North Port Police Department in Sarasota County, Florida said on Friday, Oct. 29, said that "other than confusion, it likely changed nothing. There is a very good possibility that Brian was already deceased." "He still needed to be found," Taylor said. "We just wanted people to better understand why we thought Brian was in his home." Earlier Story: Local Poli…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Suspect Nabbed In Fatal Shooting At Long Island Shopping Plaza
A teenage suspect has been charged after a man was shot and killed at a small shopping plaza on Long Island. Suffolk County Police Second Precinct officers responded to a 911 call just before 6:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 reporting a man was shot in front of 328 Depot Road in Huntington Station. Upon arrival, officers found Nicholas Ehrmann, 38, of Huntington Station, on the ground with a gunshot wound, according to police. Ehrmann was transported to Huntington Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives arrested …
