A Pennsylvania man who was busted with stolen human body parts in his home was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation.
Jeremy Pauley, 41, had pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse in the state case, which was concluded with Tuesday’s sentence, PennLive.com reported.
However, Pauley still faces a federal case, in which he also pleaded guilty. He is expected to receive a heftier sentence in that case, in which he admitted to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property.
Police first knocked on Pauley’s door in Enola, Pa. on June 14, 2022. Cops found three full human skeletons and 15 to 20 human skulls in the residence. In a follow-up search, investigators found three five-gallon buckets full of body parts, including livers, brains and kidneys.
Pauley collected so many human remains that investigators tied him to two separate scandals in which mortuary supervisors were stealing body parts from universities.
The more prominent affair involved Harvard Medical School mortuary boss Cedric Lodge and his wife, Denise, swiping body parts from the institution and selling them online, according to investigators. Pauley told the feds he was one of their buyers.
Denise Lodge pleaded guilty in the case last month, while Cedric Lodge has so far maintained his not guilty plea.
Additionally, Pauley told the cops he bought body parts from Candace Scott at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services. Scott stole body parts that had been set aside for a University of Arkansas program and sold them to various collectors, including Pauley, according to investigators. Scott has pleaded not guilty in her case.
Pauley’s first year of probation will be supervised, PennLive reported. If he meets the conditions, his second year could be unsupervised.
