Police Makes Third Arrest in Hull Funeral Home Investigation

Humberside Police have arrested a 54-year-old woman as part of an investigation into a firm of funeral directors in the city of Hull. She was held on Wednesday on suspicion of money laundering in connection to the ongoing investigation into the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Humberside Police launched the investigation in March, and has recovered 35 bodies as well as suspected human ashes at the company’s main premises in the city. The 54-year-old woman is the third person to be held in the case, following the arrests of a man, 46, and a woman, 23, in March. The two individuals were arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful burial, fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position....