Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot

The former Harvard Medical School morgue manager who stole and sold pieces of bodies donated to the school has been sentenced to 8 years in prison.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania handed down the sentence to Cedric Lodge Tuesday, capping a two-and-a-half year scandal that ensnared the nation's most prestigious medical school and exposed a nationwide network of human-remains trading.

More than 400 families whose loved ones donated their bodies to Harvard were possibly affected by the thefts. Kathleen Barber, whose father Richard Lord donated his body to the medical school, told the court Cedric Lodge had stolen the family's peace. They don't know what parts of their father may have been stolen or where his remains may be.