US: Remains of over 60 infants, fetuses found stored in funeral home

In a Detroit funeral Home, Police have found remains of around 60 infants and fetuses on Friday. The police called this discovery a ‘deeply disturbing’.

The discovery comes almost a week following the highly decomposed bodies of 11 babies were found hidden in the false ceiling at different funeral homes in the Michigan city. Police have not yet established any connection between the two cases.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig told Reuters, “state and federal investigators were looking to form a task force to investigate the improper storage of human remains.”

“Un-refrigerated boxes containing about 36 sets of remains were recovered from the Perry Funeral Home along with another 27 sets of remains in a freezer,” police told Reuters.

“This is deeply disturbing, In my 41-½ years career, I have never seen anything like this,” James Craig added.

An official with Perry Funeral Home, which offers burial and cremation services have declined to comment on the incident.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said in a statement it revoked the funeral home’s license and shut down the facility after inspectors “found heinous conditions and negligent conduct at the home.”

Police have also launched an investigation into the now-defunct Cantrell Funeral Home, where the remains of the 11 babies were uncovered last week after authorities received an anonymous letter leading them to the remains.

In April, state regulators found “deplorable, unsanitary conditions” at the same premises, including embalmed bodies in an unrefrigerated garage and other badly decomposed, remains, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said in a statement at the time.

“The funeral home was also accused of several licensing and financial violations,” the agency said.

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