Police Investigating Funeral Directors in Hull Say 163 Families Involved

Police investigating a firm of funeral directors in the city of Hull say 163 families are involved and have been spoken to by detectives probing the mishandling of bodies and ashes. In March, Humberside Police launched an investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors and recovered 35 bodies, as well as suspected human ashes, at the company’s main premises in the city. A 46-year-old man and a woman, aged 23, remain on police bail as detectives investigate offences of prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation, and fraud by abuse of position. On Monday the force’s Assistant Chief Constable Thom McLoughlin said, “Over the last two weeks, my officers have been making contact with the families identified as part of the investigation.”...