The director of a southern Indiana funeral home where 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found has pleaded guilty to more than 40 counts of felony theft
FILE -The Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center is shown in Jeffersonville, Ind., Saturday, July 2, 2022. Randy Lankford the owner of Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center, where 31 decomposing bodies and the cremains of 17 others were found pleaded guilty Friday, May 26, 2023 to more than 40 counts of felony theft. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.
Lankford was charged with theft for failing to complete the funeral services he was paid for, and must also pay restitution to 53 families totaling $46,000. Jeffersonville Police began investigating the funeral home early last July after the county coroner’s office reported a strong odor emanating from the building. The unrefrigerated bodies were found in various states of decomposition, and some had been at the funeral home since March.
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