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Search results for "Crematory" ...
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Crematory Bodies
An investigation into an AZ Crematory which was storing bodies outside, in run-down vans, in their parking lot, for weeks.
Tags: Crematory
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2004 Crime Reporting
This series of seven stories covered the legal and personal aftermath of the 2002 discovery of more than 300 corpses, left on the property of a crematory in Noble, GA. Many news outlets reported the bodies, but this series covered the civil and class-action lawsuits, as well as the trauma casued to the families affected by the discovery.
Tags: crime; Tri-State Crematory; class-action; local law enforcement; grief; courts
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The Deathcare Business
U.S. News & World Report investigates how the funeral industry is making lots of money off people's grief. The article reports on the 20-year-long crusade of a Catholic priest, Henry Wasielewski, to educate funeral buyers about morticians' markups. One of the findings is that chain-owned funeral homes charge customers the most and often have unfair practices . "In the past five years, funeral prices have risen three times faster than the cost of living," the magazine reports
Tags: Funeral and Memorial Societies of America; churches; religion; Catholicism; corpses; mausolea; cemeteries; crematory
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The investigation uncovered the callous mistreatment of the deceased and their cremated remains by a local crematory. Dozens of area funeral homes and medical examiner offices had used the facility before the WFTS-TV report. Undercover video shows that plant manager violating industry standards. He also admits swithcing and mixing ashes of the deceased and dumping ashes in the parking lot. (Nov. 23, 24 & 27, 1995)
Tags: TAPE; Moreschi Jones King Henery Dying shame Contest entry 26 pgs.