Another Body Discovered In Vacant Funeral Home
Former funeral director says remains aren't his responsibility
Saturday, May 30, 2009 | Updated 6:49 AM CDT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The ashes of a fifth person were found in a vacant funeral home this week, but the former funeral director says the remains aren't his responsibility.
Lake County deputy coroners who returned to a Gary, Ind., funeral home looking for documentation to identify four bodies recovered earlier this week left with stacks of records and a box of human ashes, but the former funeral director getting all the attention said he's "almost positive" the bodies weren't his responsibility.
Four unidentified bodies were left behind, possibly for years, at the vacant funeral home, which hasn't had electricity for at least three years. They were discovered earlier this week when the new owners of the property, at 934 E. 21st Ave., went in to inspect it and begin plans to annex it to their Northlake Church of Christ.
When authorities returned this week, they discovered the ashes of a fifth person. None of the remains have been identified.
The man who used to run the Serentity Gardens Funeral Home, Darryl Cammack, said he let another funeral director use the facility after his license was revoked and doesn't believe the bodies were left from when he ran it.
"Definitely not. Definitely not. I'm almost positive," Cammack told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "I'm sure they're not."
Cammack said he's confident the matter will be resolved quickly.
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