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Two families sued a funeral home in southern Indiana, and police found more than 30 bodies. Some of them are badly rotten bodies.
In a proceeding filed in Clark Superior Court No. 6 on Tuesday, Cynthia Faye Cook and Jeffrey Raleigh mislead the Rankford Funeral Home in Jeffersonville about the cremated body of his daughter Nicole Dallas Raleigh. Claims to have provided the information. They say funeral hall director Randy Rankford said the company didn’t have a container to send her body.
The family of James “Mike” Settle claims that Rankford gave them a similar reason not to send his remains.
Family lawyer Jeffersonville’s Larry Wilder told The Associated Press, “I’ve heard from these families over and over again how they felt they couldn’t fulfill their last duty.” .. Please call me on Thursday.
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According to Wilder, the Clark County coroner’s office told Settle’s family that his body was among those found corrupt at the funeral home. Cook and Raleigh weren’t informed if her body was inside them, he said.
Rankford did not immediately reply to the emails and voicemails left for comment on Thursday, and the coroner did not respond to requests for further information about the case.
Police began investigating the funeral home last Friday, finding 31 bodies, including one that was badly disassembled, and 16 sets of cremated bodies. Some of the bodies have been there since March.
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Major Isaac Parker of Jeffersonville police said Tuesday that more information would be released after investigators identified the body and notified the family of the dead. He also said that criminal accusations were not excluded.
Parker didn’t immediately reply to the update request left on Thursday.
County prosecutor Jeremy Maru said in an email that he was waiting for police reports to determine if the charges were justified.
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Plaintiffs are seeking financial compensation and a jury trial. Wilder said other dead families are expected to participate in the proceedings.