Police have contacted the families of 35 people whose bodies were found in a funeral home in Hull. Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has been under investigation after officers recovered the bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at its site on Hessle Road.
Police have contacted the families of 35 people whose bodies were found in a funeral home in Hull . Legacy Independent Funeral Directors has been under investigation after officers recovered the bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at its site on Hessle Road. Detectives have been working 'around the clock' since concerns were raised on March 8 'about the storage and management processes relating to care of the deceased at the funeral directors'.
Over 1,500 calls have been made to Humberside Police by previous customers since the probe began, the force said. Police previously arrested a man, 46, and a woman, 23, on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position. The pair have since been released on bail pending further inquiries
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