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Gosport Funeral Directors Jailed for Leaving Bodies to Decompose and Misleading Families

The case has intensified calls for statutory oversight of funeral homes in the UK.

Maryland Crematorium Owners Charged in Improper Disposal of Infant and Fetuses

Colorado Funeral Home Owner Gets 40 Years for Abusing 189 Bodies

Colorado Judge Accepts Revised Plea Deals in Return to Nature Funeral Home Case

Imo Police Seal Hotel and Mortuary After Discovery of Over 100 Mutilated Corpses

Punjab Human Rights Panel Orders Reports in Phagwara Body-Handling Case

Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Return to Nature Co-Owner in Colorado Case Over Nearly 190 Bodies

Houston Funeral Home Co-Owners Charged With Felony Abuse of a Corpse

Six Victims Identified in Pueblo Mortuary Case as Investigators Say Charges Are Months Away

Judge Rejects Plea, Sets February Trial for Return to Nature Owner in 191-Corpses Case

Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter to Resign After 24 Bodies Found in Mortuary

Investigators Confirm 24 Bodies at Pueblo Mortuary as Co-Owners' Homes Are Searched

Polis Urges Pueblo Coroner to Resign After Inspectors Find About 20 Decomposing Bodies

Carie Hallford Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud as 14 Charges Are Dropped

Fuller Inquiry Warns of Repeat Necrophilic Abuse Without Legal Reform

Carie Hallford to Plead Guilty in Federal Fraud Case Following Husband’s Sentencing

Chihuahua Authorities Identify Six Victims and Detain Two in Crematorium Fraud

Juárez Crematorium Operators Detained as Forensic Teams Catalog 383 Uncremated Bodies

Illinois Revokes Heights Crematory License Over Improper Handling of Remains

Houston Funeral Home Under Investigation After Viral Video Reveals Deplorable Conditions