3 h. ago Funeral director charged more than two decades after skull was found in a ravine near a boy scouts’ camp

The skull belonged to Alyce Catharina Peterson, who died at the age of 92 in July 2001

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13 h. ago Dad forced to scoop out son's liquefied brain after funeral home's horrific mix

After Alexander Pinon's death, his grieving father was traumatised when, due to a shocking error by funeral directors in San Jose, he discovered his son's brain tissue in a package of returned belongings

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6 d. ago Funeral directors face jail after decomposing body found in mortuary

The bodies of two elderly men were found by enforcement agents who were repossessing a funeral parlour in Gosport, Hampshire, which was run by Richard Elkin and Hayley Bell

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6 d. ago Funeral directors who left 46 bodies to decompose in warm mortuary for over a month are found guilty of denying families lawful burials

Bailiffs found two bodies stored in a room at Elkin and Bell Funerals without refrigeration and with water leaking through the ceiling during a visit in December 2023.

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9 d. ago Funeral director calls for 'respect' after spotting 'heartbreaking' new trend

Steven Bell says this is someone's final journey and people need to think

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1 week ago Arrests made after singing nutcracker statue stolen from funeral home

The five-foot-tall figure sings to children on their way home from school

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1 week ago 5ft singing nutcracker statue stolen from funeral director's as cops make arrest

Proprietor Luke Allum explained the nutcracker brings happiness to local children and was switched on around 3pm for pupils finishing their day.

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1 week ago Police make arrests after 5ft nutcracker statue which sings to kids is stolen

The nutcracker statue was snatched from outside the front of Luke Allum Funeral Directors in Sheerness, Kent, with the owner saying it brings joy to kids in the town

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1 week ago Funeral directors taking 'urgent action' after undertaker convicted of having vile images

The court heard how he accessed images showing 'sexual interference with corpses'

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2 w. ago Funeral director employee caught with hundreds of child abuse and 'interference with corpse' images

Images on Anthony Williams' devices showed 'sexual interference with corpses'

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2 w. ago Major update after Scots widow handed dead husband's feet still in socks

Annette Federspiel, 58, was given a bag of her husband Mark's belongings by a funeral director - but when she opened it, she found his feet were still in his socks

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2 w. ago Man's body left in mortuary for two months as row over funeral erupted

Des, a former charity worker from Prudhoe with no next of kin, had no arrangements made for his cremation.

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2 w. ago Man's body left in mortuary for two months over funeral funding row

Friends of Des Lowther, 68, say they have been 'left fuming' after no public authority took responsibility for his funeral despite him having no next-of-kin.

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3 w. ago Coffins are 'too LARGE to be cremated' warn funeral directors

The growing number of overweight, obese and morbidly obese people is driving demand for oversized caskets and prompting crematoriums to install larger furnaces.

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4 w. ago Funeral directors left body of elderly man to decompose in warm mortuary room with water dripping down the walls, court hears

Richard Elkin, 49, and Hayley Bell, 42, who ran Elkin and Bell Funerals in Gosport, Hampshire, are on trial at Portsmouth Crown Court accused of preventing lawful burial of a dead body and fraud.

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4 w. ago A Milne: Three people charged by police over alleged ashes 'mishandling' at funeral directors

Police have charged three people in connection with the practices of A Milne Independent Funeral Directors

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4 w. ago Three people charged over mishandling of cremated remains at Scots funeral firm

Police Scotland launched Operation Koine to investigate A Milne Funeral Directors and, with support from North Wales colleagues, have now charged three people over funeral plan fraud.

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