More than 30 bodies, some decomposing were found inside a southern Indiana funeral home. Police are investigating the matter.
Police in the Louisville suburb of Jeffersonville responded to Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center on Friday evening and found 31 bodies. Maj. Isaac Parker said some are “in the advanced stages of decomposition.”
He said the county coroner’s office had reported a strong odor emanating from the building. Inside, officers wearing hazmat gear found bodies “in different places around the building.” Some of the bodies had been at the funeral home since March, Parker said. Police also found the cremated remains of 16 people.
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Parker said, “It was a very unpleasant scene.” “The conditions were not good.” The owner of the funeral home has been speaking with police since Friday, Parker said, and an investigation is ongoing. (https://inboundrem.com/) The owner did not immediately respond to an email from the Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.
The remains of the bodies were sent to the Clark County Coroner’s Office for identification. Moreover, the police asked anyone who may have information to contact the coroner’s office.
A woman who sent her brother’s body to the funeral home for cremation after he died in April told WHAS-TV that she is still waiting for his remains. Tara Owen said when she reached out to the funeral director, he responded that he was “dealing with a lot at the moment.”
