DETROIT — Identifying the mummified remains of 10 fetuses and one full-term infant found hidden in a shuttered Detroit funeral home may depend on the availability of business records and could take months, a medical examiner said Tuesday. “Due to the conditions of the remains, the best path toward positive identification is finding existing records,” said Carl Schmidt, chief medical examiner for Wayne County. “The fact that these remains reached a funeral home means there should be a record somewhere that can help lead us to identifying information.”Funeral homes usually have paperwork associated with remains they handle. The establishment also was operating with an expired prepaid funeral and cemetery sales registration. The state says money for prepaid funeral goods or services had not been deposited with an authorized escrow agent within 30 days of receipt.

Source: National Post October 16, 2018 18:09 UTC