31 Our bodies, Some Decomposing, Discovered at Indiana Funeral Residence

Police within the Louisville suburb of Jeffersonville responded to Lankford Funeral Residence and Household Middle on Friday night and located 31 our bodies, together with some “within the superior phases of decomposition,” Maj. Isaac Parker stated.

He stated the county coroner’s workplace had reported a powerful odor emanating from the constructing. Inside, officers sporting hazmat gear discovered our bodies “in other places across the constructing.” A few of the our bodies had been on the funeral dwelling since March, Parker stated. Police additionally discovered the cremated stays of 16 folks.

“It was a really disagreeable scene,” Parker stated. “The situations weren’t good.”

The proprietor of the funeral dwelling has been talking with police since Friday, Parker stated, and an investigation is ongoing.

The proprietor didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail from the Related Press in search of remark Sunday.

The stays had been taken to the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace for identification, and police requested anybody who might have info to contact the coroner’s workplace.

A lady who despatched her brother’s physique to the funeral dwelling for cremation after he died in April instructed WHAS-TV that she continues to be ready for his stays. Tara Owen stated when she reached out to the funeral director, he responded that he was “coping with so much in the meanwhile.”