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Medical Examiner Identifies Dozens of Bodies Found at South Chicago Chapel

Identification work is advancing as state regulators suspend the funeral director’s license and families pursue a class-action lawsuit

56 Decomposing Bodies Found in South Chicago Funeral Home

More Than 50 Decomposing Bodies Found at South Chicago Chapel Funeral Home

Davis Mortuary Co-Owners Arrested on 125 Counts of Abuse of a Corpse

CBI Identifies 18 of 24 Bodies Recovered From Pueblo’s Davis Mortuary

Trinidad Police Probe 56 Bodies Dumped at Cumuto Cemetery, Mostly Infants

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

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

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

Juárez Crematorium Operators Detained as Forensic Teams Catalog 383 Uncremated Bodies