An emotional vigil was held at St Martin's Church in Hull, East Yorkshire, directly opposite the boarded up Anlaby Road branch of Legacy Family Funerals.
Candles were lit and prayers were said this afternoon for the families of 35 people whose bodies have been recovered from a scandal-hit funeral parlour.
It is understood some of the devastated mourners have already been told by Humberside Police that the relatives they believed were cremated have already been identified among the corpses. Advertisement As the city struggled to come to terms with the tragedy Karen organised the first vigil outside the firm's Hessle Road HQ on Friday, eight years to the day since her dad died.
Mrs Dry said on the church steps: 'There is 35 families much worse than me. They had no idea when they will get their loved one back for a proper funeral. Police outside the Hessle Road branch of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull after reports of 'concern for care of the deceased'
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