Saturday, October 25, 2008

Medical Examiner Called In To Assist In Eviction At Foreclosed Funeral Home

In Pontiac, Michigan, The Associated Press reports:
  • Even the dead can't escape foreclosure in suburban Detroit. Five bodies and the cremated remains of 22 people have been removed from the House of Burns Memorial Chapel, a funeral home in Pontiac. They were delivered to the Oakland County medical examiner's office for storage early Friday. The medical examiner's administrator, Robert Gerds, said some of the cremated remains date to the 1990s.

Source: No rest for dead at foreclosed Mich. funeral home.

See also, USA Today: Bodies removed from foreclosed funeral home. SheriffDeputiesForeclosureAlpha