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The new HBO docuseries “The Mortician” will send a chill up your spine.
Santa Fe authorities shared some of the love notes the couple wrote to each other.
Police are hoping for a breakthrough in the case that has attracted worldwide attention.
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A sheriff’s deputy in Lincoln, Nebraska, called it “a very unusual case.”
Eric Mays left no will upon his death, and now his son is accusing a funeral home of conspiring with “estranged, rogue” relatives to keep his father’s remains out of his hands.
The remains were found last month at a facility run by the Returns to Nature Funeral Home.
DNA and forensic studies will be conducted to identify all the bodies, which is expected to take months.
The workers’ denials unraveled when—at the man’s wake—the obvious “denting and bruising” on his head became too much for his family to ignore, court filings say.
A lawyer representing the grieving family said he believes the vehicle was stolen by teenagers who are believe to have then dumped the ashes.
The deceased’s loved ones had been looking forward to seeing their relative one last time at an open-casket funeral.