An Indiana funeral director pleads guilty to dozens of counts of felony theft after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found at his funeral home last year, according to court records.
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Lankford will remain in custody under home incarceration until a sentencing hearing on June 23, according to the records. Police in Jeffersonville made the discovery after the local coroner’s office alerted the department to “conditions” at the funeral home on July 1, according to a petition from the Indiana Attorney General seeking to suspend Lankford’s license.
The couple later learned that their daughter hadn’t been cremated at all — she was among the decomposing bodies discovered at Lankford’s business.
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