31 bodies, some decomposing, found at Indiana funeral home
- Police said the county coroner’s office had reported a strong odour emanating from the building. Inside, officers found bodies ‘in different places around the building’
- Some of the bodies had been at the funeral home since March, a police spokesman said. Police also found the cremated remains of 16 people
Police are investigating after more than 30 bodies, some decomposing, were found inside a southern Indiana funeral home.
Police in the Louisville suburb of Jeffersonville responded to Lankford Funeral Home and Family Centre on Friday evening and found 31 bodies, including some “in the advanced stages of decomposition,” Major Isaac Parker said.
He said the county coroner’s office had reported a strong odour emanating from the building. Inside, officers wearing hazmat gear found bodies “in different places around the building.” Some of the bodies had been at the funeral home since March, Parker said. Police also found the cremated remains of 16 people.
“It was a very unpleasant scene,” Parker said. “The conditions were not good.”
The owner of the funeral home has been speaking to police since Friday, Parker said, and an investigation is continuing.
The owner did not immediately respond to an email from the Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.