Police are investigating after more than 30 bodies, some decomposing, were found at a funeral home in southern Indiana
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Police are investigating more than 30 bodies, some decomposing, found at a funeral home in southern Indiana.
Police in the Louisville suburb of Jeffersonville responded to the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center Friday night and found 31 bodies, including some “in advanced stages of decomposition,” Maj. Isaac Parker said.
He said the county coroner’s office reported a strong odor emanating from the building. Inside, officers wearing protective gear found bodies “in various locations around the building.” Some of the bodies had been at the funeral home since March, Parker said. The police also discovered the cremated remains of 16 people.
“It was a very unpleasant scene,” Parker said. “The conditions were not good.”
The funeral home owner has been speaking with police since Friday, Parker said, and the investigation is ongoing.
The owner did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.
The remains were taken to the Clark County Coroner’s Office for identification, and police asked anyone with information to contact them.
A woman who sent her brother’s body to a funeral home for cremation after he died in April told WHAS-TV she’s still waiting for his remains. Tara Owen said that when she approached the funeral director, he replied that he was “dealing with a lot of things at the moment.”
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