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BetterMost Community Blogs => Our Daily Thoughts - The BetterMost Community Blog Network => Messages From The Heartland => Topic started by: David In Indy on May 27, 2009, 10:54:32 pm
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OMG!! :o
I just heard about this on the news!
From Fox 59:
4 unidentified bodies left behind, perhaps for years, in vacant Gary, Ind., funeral home
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Four decomposed bodies left behind in a recently sold funeral home were "definitely not" the responsibility of the business' former director, the man said Wednesday.
"Definitely not. Definitely not. I'm almost positive," said Darryl Cammack, the owner of the defunct Serenity Gardens Funeral Home in Gary. "I'm sure they're not."
The bodies were discovered Sunday by leaders of the Northlake Church of Christ after the church bought the vacant building in a tax sale. Lake County Coroner David Pastrick and his staff found one body in a bag on a table, another in a burial box and two in caskets.
The identities of the bodies have not been determined. Pastrick did not return a message seeking comment left by The Associated Press.
Cammack said he let another funeral director use the facility after the state revoked his business license in 2006. He said he doesn't believe the bodies were left from when he ran the funeral home.
The state board that regulates funeral homes said it had no record of anyone running Serenity Gardens after Cammack's license was revoked. Tracy Hicks, director of the state Board of Funeral and Cemetery, said Indiana law requires notification if a funeral home is sold or if a new director takes over an existing facility.
Cammack's license was revoked after the state received at least six complaints alleging forged signatures, failure to deliver death certificates and delayed delivery of cremated remains by more than a year.
Cammack said the complaints were the results of misunderstandings. He said he lost his license after he did not fulfill some state requirements because of health problems.
He had previously lost his license in Illinois in 2003 for failing to file a death certificate promptly. Cammack said the problems there stemmed from the death of his father and the loss of paperwork when he moved his business from Illinois to Indiana.
Maggie Bey, who filed a complaint accusing Cammack of inflating her brother's funeral cost and forging her signature, said she never saw anyone but Cammack operating Serenity Gardens. The Gary resident lives less than half a mile from the home.
"I saw him come in and out a couple of times, but as far as somebody doing business, no. That's not true," she said.
Cammack said he was confident the matter would be resolved quickly.
http://www.fox59.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-bodies-left,0,7246098.story (http://www.fox59.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-bodies-left,0,7246098.story)
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Dave, honey, I have to ask: what is it with posting all this kind of news all the time? People are going to start calling this board "MorbidMost". :P
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ewww...David!! you would think people would be looking for those bodies...did they not have friends?
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Obviously someone has not been able to afford the funeral expenses, but very grim just leaving them there.
Maybe it was an entire family, with no other relatives.
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Obviously someone has not been able to afford the funeral expenses, but very grim just leaving them there.
Maybe it was an entire family, with no other relatives.
or homeless people...you know people without any family to claim them...
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On the news they were interviewing the new owners as well as one of the previous customers. She said when that funeral home was open, they didn't have any water or electricity. They were getting their power from a generator. :(
She decided to go somewhere else. I don't blame her one bit. And they showed the inside of the place. It was a total mess. Funk nastiness everywhere.. dirt... coffns strewn about, big boxes and a bunch of dirty equipment. One of the men from the church who bought the place said when he walked in there and opened up one of the coffins he nearly passed out. It gave him such a fright. :(
Buyer beware!
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Dave, honey, I have to ask: what is it with posting all this kind of news all the time? People are going to start calling this board "MorbidMost". :P
Am I posting a bunch of bad news? I really didn't realize I was doing it. :(
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Am I posting a bunch of bad news? I really didn't realize I was doing it. :(
Well there is not a lot of bloody good news around to post, is there....... ::)
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Well there is not a lot of bloody good news around to post, is there....... ::)
There sure isn't Sue! And if we wish to find it, we must dig down deep. I wonder why they don't report the good news sometimes? There MUST be some out there.... some place... :-\
I guess I posted this because I heard about it on our local news tonight and I was so shocked and disgusted I felt like sharing it with others. It's one of those "misery loves company" type of deals. :P
I guess I didn't want to be the only one. I'm sorry. :(
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No, I'm sorry David. I had a horrible day is all. :-\
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No, I'm sorry David. I had a horrible day is all. :-\
Well you come to the right place Laura.......me and David here are just the right company to share your misery...eh David...... :laugh: :laugh:
We could just wallow in it, or make you laugh, whatever you like.
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Well you come to the right place Laura.......me and David here are just the right company to share your misery...eh David...... :laugh: :laugh:
We could just wallow in it, or make you laugh, whatever you like.
You got that right girl friend!! :D
{{{{{LAURA}}}}}
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OMG They found the cast of "Six Feet Under"
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There sure isn't Sue! And if we wish to find it, we must dig down deep. I wonder why they don't report the good news sometimes? There MUST be some out there.... some place... :-\
I guess I posted this because I heard about it on our local news tonight and I was so shocked and disgusted I felt like sharing it with others. It's one of those "misery loves company" type of deals. :P
I guess I didn't want to be the only one. I'm sorry. :(
for me it is the best thing about Bettermost...having someone to share stuff with. You keep on, David, I like your posts!
{{{David}}}
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OMG They found the cast of "Six Feet Under"
:laugh:
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:o
I don't believe it! Those bodies were there the whole time,and no one knew? Damn!
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Whoooo, that is all F'ed up.