Remains of dozens of fetuses removed from Detroit funeral home

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Is it an industry practice to remove the fetus from the mother if they were pregnant at the time of death? Otherwise where would the fetuses have come from and how are they normally buried?

Remains of dozens of fetuses removed from Detroit funeral home

Michigan officials described the funeral home as being in "heinous conditions and negligent conduct."

by Kalhan Rosenblatt / Oct. 20, 2018 / 10:46 AM PDT

A funeral home in Detroit has been shut down after police on Friday discovered remains of numerous fetuses that had been improperly stored, according to officials.

Police discovered three unrefrigerated boxes containing "36 deceased bodies of fetuses or infants plus a deep freezer containing an unknown number of additional deceased bodies" at the Perry Funeral Home, according to a press release from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).

The license for the funeral home and the license of its director Gary Deak have since been suspended.

Deak did not immediately respond to a request for comment made by NBC News.

However, the Detroit Free Press reported that another 27 remains were found in freezers, totaling 63 fetus remains found within the funeral home.

Some of the remains date back to 2015, according to LARA, which described the funeral home as being in "heinous conditions and negligent conduct."

Perry Funeral Home also failed to certify and file death certificates for the bodies of fetuses and infants within 72 hours of death, according to LARA. In some cases, the home embalmed remains without the knowledge or consent of the families, the department said.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig said during a press conference that the department was tipped off about the funeral home after a parent, involved in a civil suit over the improper burial of his daughter, saw another story about fetuses being improperly stored at the former Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit.

"It's because of the first story involving Cantrell that the second issue emerged," Craig said.​

 

[Rustic]

Progressives love themselves some dead babies....

 

[hurricanewatcher]

Pure evil.

People that hurt and kill babies deserve 25 to life in prison. Maybe even the death penalty.

 

[EverCurious]

Only thing I can think of here is that the parents signed their kids up for organ donation and/or the director wasn't turning them into the hospital like he was supposed to?

My uncle was a mortician. As far as I know the mortuary holds the remains only until a proper funeral, those remains must be kept in a manner that is both respectful and limits decay until they are properly buried (or sometimes until cremated in a situation where the family doesn't want the ashes back) - I'm told that veterinarians have very similar practices regarding pets.