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In a disturbing discovery, the bodies of 11 dead children were found Friday in the ceiling of a curtained funeral home in Detroit.
The bodies were found in bags, most in a cardboard box and others in a small casket, the police said.
The discovery was made after the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), which authorized the funeral homes, sent an anonymous letter Friday afternoon, describing exactly where the remains were found.
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"It's only the hardness of the operators, the owners, the employees of the funeral home [that stands out]"Lieutenant Brian Bowser of the Detroit Police Department said at a press conference Friday night." The LARA inspectors located the boxes, or the box and the casket, and then called 911. The police reacted by removing the box and coffin from the false ceiling, or the lowered ceiling, and they opened them and of course they discovered the remains. "
"They were actually in a cardboard box, nine out of eleven – they are very small leftovers," continued Bowser. "They were in a cardboard box hidden in a stairwell."
Bowser said they have names of some of the deceased infants and the medical examiner will conduct an investigation.
The Cantrell Funeral Home was shut down in April due to numerous disturbing violations, according to WXYZ, Detroit ABC's subsidiary.
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The violations included dirty floors, peeling paint, mold, improper storage of embalmed bodies, including one in "advanced stage of decomposition" and fraud, deception or dishonesty, incompetence and gross negligence in practice of death science violations "deplorable" at the time.
The Detroit Police Department will continue to investigate the discovery on Friday and has asked cadaver dogs to search the property, said Bowser.
"It's obvious that we need to find out what happened and why it happened," he said.
LARA issued a statement to WXYZ explaining the discovery and violations of April.
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"On the basis of a new complaint, LARA investigators today conducted a search in Cantrell funeral home and found the rotting bodies of eleven children," the statement said. "We then immediately contacted the local authorities.In April, LARA suspended the morgue's licenses from the house and its director, Jameca LaJoyce Boone, for numerous violations, including the improper storage of rotting bodies of human bodies. 39, adults and infants, we will use the evidence gathered today to enrich our investigation and continue our collaboration with local law enforcement as the case evolves "
The property has been sold and the new owners are considering turning it into a community center, according to WXYZ.
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