More than 50 bodies were found improperly stored and decomposing at a Chicago funeral home on Thursday, prompting a hazardous materials response and efforts to identify the remains and notify relatives, authorities said.
Illinois state officials, meanwhile, suspended the license of one of the funeral home’s directors — alleging bodies were being kept in an unrefrigerated area in “deplorable conditions” — and said the owners previously ran a crematory that was shut down after improperly stored bodies were found there.
