SC funeral home owners left body to decompose 3+ years, says indictment
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WSPA) — The owners of a funeral home where a woman’s body was found almost three years after her remains were supposed to be cremated have been indicted, according to SC Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Roderick M. Cummings and Lawrence R. Meadows were indicted Friday on Desecration of Human Remains.
The indictment alleges they failed to properly care for a body while operating Family First Funeral Home.
The body was left unattended in a storage room for over three years after her remains were supposed to be cremated, according to the indictment.
The body had decomposed beyond recognition, according to the report.
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