The remains of 11 different individuals are said to have been found in various stages of decay at the funeral home - which is now closed.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer charged a Sun Valley funeral home owner after allegedly failing to properly handle the human remains of at least 11 individuals, including infants and another said to be under 10 years old.
He faces up to 11 years in prison and over $100,000 in fines. The funeral home has since been closed. "The odor from inside the facility was so great that officials could detect it outside the facility," Feuer said."How would you feel if that was your loved one?" State records indicate that at one point, the L.A. County Coroner had to remove multiple bodies that were exceedingly poorly taken care of, which led the state to determine that Allen"posed a serious and immediate threat to the public."
"We're fighting to get justice for these families in this incredibly sad and shocking situation," Feuer continued."Eleven people died, including very young children, and the funeral director hired to compassionately prepare the bodies for burial allegedly just let them rot, with neither the decency nor the dignity that all our loved ones deserve. Their deaths are one tragedy, and this alleged monstrous mistreatment is a second tragedy.
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