Ever.. It's not fair, and I'm not even sure it's legal." "But I want an explanation on why welfare is bending over backwards to penalize us and deduct money from the $1,100 we get. I think this is a tremendous ethical and legal lapse and it breaks the trust of the public," Taylor replied. However, we will be happy to accept . The Downard Funeral Home was being scrutinized . But the case . They also say the use of this space has always been above board and well known, adding investigators claiming that it was kept secret from the state is simply wrong and has damaged the company's reputation. "I explained to him the problem. The additional payout does not cover bodies that the examiner has not claimed. Todays indictment stemming from the illegal transportation of hazardous materials is a clear signal that such illegal acts will not be tolerated, stated Lisa Glazzy, Acting Regional Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG). Casper Funeral and Cremation Services wrote that the state Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers' case was a "bad faith investigation" and "malicious prosecution". JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. . for email updates when new obituaries are posted. Jeff Dorschner And so when police, in August 2016, found Ledoux dead at a friend's apartment on Green Street in Brockton amid unused oxygen tanks, the cause did not seem suspicious. If you have lsot a loved one, we are available to assist you 24 hours a day. As stated earlier, when the payout was still at $1,100, between January 2014 and January 2016, a total of 186 unclaimed bodies it had remained in the morgue 44 days apiece while the Department of. "The two individuals have been identified as 27-year-old Kameron Young Johnson and 19-year-old Acacia Colvin, both of Casper," the coroner's release said. These shipments would be through the mail or on commercial air flights in violation of Department of Transportation regulations regarding the transportation of hazardous materials. Owner / Manager / funeral director and embalmer with the Casper Funeral Services. Ruslan Tsarni, left, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, departs the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester on May 5, 2013. Casper police Lt. Daniel "Danny" Dundas, a 13-year veteran of the agency and lifelong member of the Casper community, took his own life on Monday . "There are two issues adversely impacting (abandoned body) releases though DTA: one is a lack of cemetery space for (welfare) cases and the second is the current fee of $1,100 per (body) funeral homes receive from (welfare) for handling these cases does not cover the expenses associated with the transportation, preparation and burial," he wrote.As did Berry, the spokesman of UMass Memorial in Worcester. Caspers serve families of all ethnicities, religions, and are LGBTQ+ friendly. Im reporting a story based on an investigation. I find your SO CALLED reporting deplorable , HELL you can get a parrot to do what you did. This facility (garage) is all located on the same Casper property. Paraphrasingthe regular calls he gets from police, Lawler said, "'I've called 10 funeral homes, I've been here 8 hours.' Three funeral home directors and four former employees of a biomedical supply company secretly removed skin, bone and other body parts from dozens of corpses awaiting cremation at Rochester. 307.234.7123, by emailing YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. "Which is frequently the case. According to Jeffersonville Police Major Isaac Parker, the department began its investigation of the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville on Friday. Southie garage being used to store bodies. Why hasnt Caspers come clean? 5 Investigates: Family says loved one deserved respect from funeral home, 5 Investigates: Funeral home accused of storing bodies in unlicensed Southie garage. The primary reason? Bumping up the total reimbursement to $2,100. They say bodies were stashed in a refrigerator which is more provocative than placed and stored. DENVER The United States Attorneys Office for the District of Colorado announces Perry Sean Lohnes, age 38, of Pueblo, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for robbery DENVER Vescent Photonics, Inc., a laser technology company located in Golden, Colorado, agreed to pay $402,621 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using contractors DENVER The United States Attorneys Office for the District of Colorado announces that Darion Ray Sexton, age 21, of Loveland, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with District of Colorado Or dont you know and you reporting is baaelesss. All rights reserved (About Us). This post was a report on an investigation that was done by WCVB. Faced with such a thin margin to break even somewhat even, Stefan says theDepartment of Transitional Assistancerejections become extra vexing.Dozens of invoices he turned over to MassLive showwelfare deducting sometimes large, sometimes comically small, amounts of money from his $1,100 reimbursement, because their people had tracked down some money belonging to the deceased. A road closure is still in place along Highway 20-26 between Thirty Three Mile Road and Landmark Lane as investigators continue to process the scene. POCATELLO Downard Funeral Home has been closed since Sept. 3, when investigators taped off the business and retrieved numerous decomposing bodies from inside the facility. "There's like three (funeral homes that do) in the whole state." State pays so little only a couple of funeral homes will take them. Caspers Funeral Home has taken excellent care of my family over the years. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Dont miss out! Police are working with the Clark County Sheriffs Department, the Indiana State Police, the Clark County Coroners Office, Clark County Emergency Management, the Clark County Health Department, the Clark County Prosecutors Office, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security in the investigation. Spokesman, Public Affairs Officer We are the home of personal service, for over 85 years, we have been a funeral service provider with an A. ", Coming next, Part 2 --Who buries Massachusetts' poor? The state Medical Examiners office released the wrong body to a Casper employee. Thank you for a heart felt service for my great nephew. I can't say no. CASPER, Wyo. Personal service is our absolute top priority. We are a third-generation, family-owned, Massachusetts-licensed cremation provider. Offering document e-signature through, Massachusetts Veterans Funeral at the National Cemetery. According to documents obtained by 5 Investigates, during a recent surprise state inspection an investigator found two bodies being processed in the unlicensed space. on this one. There are no drains or sprinklers. Should things get busy, we have a deep freezer in the cellar and another one for short people out in the shed. "The cops there practically hugged our people when they showed up," Stefan said. We are available to assist your family 24/7/365 days a year and you speak with our team not an answering service. Casper Funeral & Cremation Services. Please read the many touching testimonials from families across Massachusetts on how our caring approach made a difference for their family. Taylor said what we uncovered is illegal and unethical. At the Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Funeral Home we take pride in our thoughtful, creative and meaningful services. It doesn't come close ethically, it doesn't come close legally. Natrona County Coroner James Whipps has identified the victims in an active double homicide investigation that began around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. (Courtesy Google Earth). Abandoned bodies, then, must be buried. They had handled my loving grandmothers body and cremation. ALSO this funeral home has buried many of our homeless population at their own expense. One of our compassionate and professional funeral directors will be honored to assist you. Funeral Plans. 1129 Walnut St, Casper, WY, 82601 That's option number two. My name is Ronald OBryan and to hear this disturbs me only because I know Joe Casper and David Casper as loving caring human beings who have helped my family and many other families that I know in their time of need with no question no denial and no hesitation to make their lives a little bit easier when they were at their worst not only do I find this hard to believe I will not believe it and neither should any of you reading this the Casper family has shown over and above kindness and thoughtfulness and heartfelt love this community could use a lot more people like them! State investigators say during an inspection, Casper's funeral director told them that the actual funeral home was their only facility and made no mention of that garage. "They don't have a leg to stand on. sfsi_widget_set(); A local funeral home is under investigation for using a garage as an unlicensed storage facility for the dead fired back at the state, saying they've done nothing wrong and that they've being unfairly targeted. Over Please contact one of our funeral professionals by calling. Officials were tipped off Monday about a faint odor coming from a residential. Not. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, he points out,has effectively given preferential treatment to the abandoned bodies it receives, even though the othersthat the agency rejects, like Ledoux, create problems elsewhere, for other people, who don't have the same access to tax dollars to throw at the problem. Tomorrow MassLive continues its look at burying the poor with a close examination of what the state pays funeral homes who take abandoned bodies. His report says the OCME was "becoming increasingly concerned" by the amount of time it takes to find funeral homes willing to accept their abandoned bodies, or as they referred to them, "unclaimed decedents. - Facilities and staff for funeral ceremony conducted at the funeral home $850.00 - Staff and equipment for funeral ceremony conducted at a church or other facility $850.00 . If its just lack of license thats one thing but stories like this can destroy ones business.Did you speak to the funeral home themselves? In at least dozens of instances, Hess and Koch did not follow family wishes, and neither discussed nor obtained authorization for Donor Services to transfer decedents bodies or body parts to third parties. Let todays actions serve notice to those who would commit such self-serving acts of callous greed, we will diligently and tirelessly work to bring you to justice, said FBI Denver Assistant Special Agent in Charge Dameon Hutto. "That's one smell you will never, ever forget. WEBVTT rtKATHY: A HEARSE BACKS INTO ANUNMARKED GARAGE IN THIS OLDBRICK BUILDING ON TUDOR STREETIN SOUTHIErtTHE SOUNDS OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC,AND CAR-REPAIR WORK, ECHO FROMTHE SHOP NEXT DOOR.5 INVESTIGATES HAS DISCOVERErtTHIS GARAGE IS AN UNLICENSSTORAGE FACILITY FOR THE DEAD.A SLOW ROLL BY GIVES YOU A PEErtINSIDE.REFRIGERATORS IN THE BACK, WHEREBODIES WERE STORED.rtA BOBCAT PARKED TO THE SIDE., >> IT'S SIMPLY NOT OKAY.KATHY: JACQUIE TAYLOR IS AFORMER LONG TIME FUNERALDIRECTOR AND INDUSTRCONSULTANT.rt>> WHEN I SEE THIS, IT DISTURBSME.KATHY: SHE SAYS WHAT WEUNCOVERED IS ILLEGAL ANDUNETHICAL.>> THIS FIRM HASrt DONE A FREEFALLDOWN THE ETHICAL SLIPPERY SLOPE,BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHTTO A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OFDIGNIFIED SHELTER AND CARE OFTHEIR LOVED ONESKATHY: THE OPERATION IS RUN BYCASPER FUNERAL AND CREMATIONrtSERVICES, A COMPANY THAT CALLSITSELF ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTEDFUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICEPROVIDERS IN THE STATE.rt>> IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THEMOST PASSIONATE CARE, rtKATHY: ON THEIR WEBSITE, ITAPPEARS THEY'RE TOUTING THISGARAGE AS A STATE-OF-THE-ART,SECURE FUNERAL REFRIGERATIFACILITY.ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS OBTAINEDrtBY 5 INVESTIGATES, DURING ARECENT SURPRISE STATEINSPECTION, AN INVESTIGATORFOUND TWO BODIES BEING PROCESSEDIN THE UNLICENSED SPACE.12 OTHERS WERE STASHED IN AREFRIGERATOR.THERE ARE NO SPRINKLrtERS ORDRAINS.THE GARAGE, WHICH SITS AROUNDTHE CORNER FROM THE FUNERALHOME, WAS HOT AND CLUTTERED.rt>> WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS A CASEOF BROKEN TRUST?>> I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUSETHICAL AND LEGAL LAPSE AND ITBREAKS THE TRUST OF THE PUBLICrt-- OF THE PUBLIC.>> 5 INVESTIGATES PULLED BURIALPERMITS AND CREMATIONAUTHORIZATIONS FOR CASPER THATrtSHOW THEY'RE THE BUSIEST FUNERALHOME IN THE STATE.IN THE PAST YEAR THEY'VE HANDLEDNEARLY 1800 CREMATIONS, FAR MORE THAN ANrt, AT A CHEAP, $1395 DOLLAR RATE.SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHORECENTLY USED CASPER'S SERVICES, TELL US THEY WERE SATISFIEDrtWITH HOW THEIR ARRANGEMENTS WEREHANDLED.BUT NOW SOME ARE TROUBLED BY THEFACT THAT THEIR LOVED ONES MAYHAVE BEEN STORED INSIDE THISGARAGE.rtWE ARE HURT.WE ARE VERY HURT.>> THIS IS THE SAME COMPANY 5INVESTIGATES EXPOSED BACK IN2013rt WHEN THEY CREMATED84-YEAR-OLD FRANNIE HICKEY BYMISTAKE.THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICERELEASED THE WRONG BODY TO ACASPER EMPLOYEE.CASPER CHECKED THE LAST NAME BUTrt, NOT THE IDENTIFICATION NUMB, AND HAD HICKEY CREMATED WHENHER WISH WAS TO BE BURIED NEXTrtTO HER HUSBAND.THEY WERE FINED AND PUT ONPROBATION.NOW STATE REGULATORS HAVE PUTTHEM ON NOTICE THREATENING TTAKE ACTION FOR WHAT THEY SAY ISHAPPENING BErtHIND THIS DOOR.>> I DON'T THINK THE PUBLICEXPECTS IT TO BE IN ANrtINDUSTRIAL GARAGE WITH A BOBCAT, BEING STORED THERE AS WELL.>> STATE INVESTIGATORS SAY,rtDURING AN INSPECTION, CASPER'SDIRECTOR SAID AT THE FUNERALHOME WAS THEIR ONLY FACILITY,AND MADE NO MENTION OF THATGARAGE. Only those who were residents of the city itself qualify for burial the City Poor Lot at Fairview, and the cemetery can get tricky about residency. The Casper treat all their deceased with the kindest if care,and respect. An employee of the City of Casper's Metro Animal Shelter has been charged with theft following an investigation that indicated he stole almost $6,000 from the shelter over six years, the Casper Police Department announced on Monday. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WCVB-TV. In the past year they handled 1,770 cremations, far more than any other, at a cheap rate of $1,395. Established in 1937, Bustard & Jacoby Funerals, Cremations, Receptions has pledged for over 80 years and five generations of family service that each funeral, memorial and reception service, while distinct, requires a careful blending of goods and services to ensure that the service offering is as special and unique as the people that are most intimately involved. Meaning, inevitably, it's up to police. Bustard & Jacoby has attentive staff in Casper available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to guide and support families through all aspects of funeral service and bereavement care.