Police are investigating after more than 30 bodies, some decomposing, were discovered inside a funeral home in southern Indiana. Police in the Louisville suburb of Jeffersonville responded to the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center Friday night and found 31 bodies, including some “in an advanced stage of decomposition,” Maj. Isaac Parker said. He said the county medical examiner’s office reported a strong odor coming from the building. Inside, officers wearing hazmat gear found bodies “in different places around the building.” Some of the bodies had been at the funeral home since March, Parker said. Police also found the cremated remains of 16 people. “It was a very unpleasant scene,” Parker said. “The conditions were not good.” associated press The funeral home owner has spoken with police since Friday, Parker said, and the investigation is ongoing. The owner did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Sunday. The remains were taken to the Clark County Coroner’s Office for identification, and police asked anyone with information to contact the coroner’s office. A woman who sent her brother’s body to a funeral home for cremation after he died in April told WHAS-TV she’s still waiting for his remains. Tara Owen said that when she approached the funeral director, he replied that he was “busy at the moment.”
