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A heavily-tattooed man who kept buckets of human remains stolen from Harvard Medical school and an Arkansas mortuary has been sentenced to to two years probation.
Jeremy Pauley, from Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Tuesday after he pled guilty to one state charge of abusing a corpse. The 41-year-old was arrested and released on bail in 2022 after police found five-gallon buckets filled with human remains at his Enola home.
The self-described 'collector of oddities' eventually admitted to knowingly buying stolen human remains from several people, and then selling many of the stolen remains to other individuals who also knew they had been stolen.
Last year Pauley also pleaded guilty to the federal charges of interstate transporting of stolen property and conspiracy to interstate transport stolen property. He is yet to be sentenced for the federal charges.
Pauley's attorney Jonathan White has argued most of the remains in his client's possession - three full skeletons and 15 to 20 human skulls - were legally obtained.
The man involved in the theft and sale of human body parts taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary has pleaded guilty to federal charges and now faces up to 15 years in prison
The human remains included half a head, a whole head, three brains, a heart, a liver, a lung, two kidneys, a female pelvis, a torso with a nipple, and four human hands
Pauley and six others were charged with trafficking in stolen human remains including skulls, hearts, skin and stillborn babies in June
Pauley and six others were charged with trafficking in stolen human remains including skulls, hearts, skin and stillborn babies in June, from the morgue manager at Harvard Medical School.
The manager, Cedric Lodge, 65, allegedly stole heads, brains, skin and other body parts from cadavers donated to the prestigious university for scientific research and education and sold them to buyers like Pauley.
Lodge reportedly took the body parts home, including heads, brains, skin and bones, and mailed some body parts to buyers. He also allegedly allowed buyers to come to the morgue to pick what remains they wanted to buy.
The body parts were taken without the school´s knowledge or permission, according to police.
Lodge's wife wife, Denise, 63, also faces charges in connection with the case.
Pauly also purchased $4,000 worth of human remains from Candace Scott, who police say stole them from a mortuary partnered with the University of Arkansas.
The human remains included half a head, a whole head, three brains, a heart, a liver, a lung, two kidneys, a female pelvis, a torso with a nipple, and four human hands.
The shop owner was set to receive the shipment from Scott in Pennsylvania, but police intercepted the remains
