human remains
plural noun
: parts of the bodies of dead people
an area where ancient human remains have been found
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From 2018 through at least March 2020, Lodge was involved in the sale and trafficking of human remains stolen from Harved Medical School's morgue in Boston, Massachusetts, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Lodge's wife Denise previously entered a guilty plea to interstate transport of human remains in April of last year, but has not yet been sentenced in that case.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 23 May 2025
And one is far more likely to find fossils of algae, plants, mollusks, crustaceans, or similar smaller creatures than human remains.
—Ashley Belanger – May 22, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
What To Know On April 3, 1992, the human remains, minus a head, hands and feet, were discovered in the ravine.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Lodge's wife Denise previously entered a guilty plea to interstate transport of human remains in April of last year, but has not yet been sentenced in that case.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 23 May 2025
And one is far more likely to find fossils of algae, plants, mollusks, crustaceans, or similar smaller creatures than human remains.
—Ashley Belanger – May 22, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
What To Know On April 3, 1992, the human remains, minus a head, hands and feet, were discovered in the ravine.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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“Human remains.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20remains. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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