More than 50 boxes of cremated human remains found
/ Source: Dayton Daily News
DAYTON -- More than 50 boxes of cremated human remains have been found in southwest Ohio home under foreclosure along with documents from a funeral home, police said Tuesday.
According to Dayton police Lt. Wendy Stiver, the plastic boxes are used by funeral homes as temporary containers for cremated remains. She added the boxes were found in a closet by a contractor who was hired to remove remaining items in the house due to the foreclosure status.
Stiver said police were notified and the Montgomery County coroner's office was called to collect the remains. She says there were documents in the house from the McLin Funeral Home in Dayton.
"At this time we are aware of a previous or ongoing state investigation concerning that funeral home," Stiver said, adding that the local investigation might be turned over to the state.
The Dayton Daily News reports the funeral home's license was revoked in January after a state investigation revealed violations of state laws and administrative codes.
Lt. Stiver said she couldn't confirm the name of the house's owner, but the Dayton newspaper reported that according to the county auditor's records, the house belonged to Scherrie McLin, the former director of the funeral home.
The Associated Press is reporting that the phone number for the funeral home has been disconnected.
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