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Tear-filled funeral service honors NYC bodega owner ‘Momma Zee,’ gunned down by stray bullet: ‘Harlem holds you in our heart’
Tears flowed freely as loved ones gathered Friday to honor beloved bodega owner Excenia Mette, 61, who was fatally gunned ...
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Buncombe has ‘no statutory role’ in oversight of Mission morgue, county manager, commissioners say
Buncombe County doesn’t have any legal control over how its morgue is run, elected officials say, countering state health ...
Pittsburgh funeral director charged with swindling pet owners, dumping pets' remains in landfill
The owner of a Pittsburgh funeral home, Patrick Roy Vereb, was arrested after allegedly giving more than 6,500 pet owners ...
Pittsburgh mortuary owner accused of dumping pets' remains in landfill
There might be more than 6,500 victims of suspect Patrick Roy Vereb, the 70-year-old owner of Vereb Funeral Home and Eternity ...
Pittsburgh Funeral Home Tossed Pets’ Remains in Landfill, Prosecutors Say
Patrick Vereb is accused of taking over $650,000 from customers who paid for dog and cat burial and cremation services ...
He was paid to cremate their pets. He’s accused of tossing them in landfills.
Patrick Vereb was accused of deceiving more than 6,500 pet owners who paid for burials or cremations, discarding pets’ bodies ...
Funeral director trashed over 6,500 bodies of pets, used fake ashes to defraud customers out of $650,000: Officials
A funeral home director has been charged after throwing out the bodies of thousands of pets and giving owners the ashes of ...
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Medical examiners: Mission Hospital released more than 100 bodies before legally required review
North Carolina state law lacks consequences for the WNC hospital. Mission supervisor acknowledges “ongoing issues.” ...
BossaNews UK on MSN9d
Morgue mix-up: ‘dead’ woman wakes on way to her own funeral
Reform UK have made gains across the country in the local elections.
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Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing body parts expected to plead guilty
THE FORMER MORGUE MANAGER FOR HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL ... ACCORDING TO AN INDICTMENT, CEDRIC LODGE TOOK THE REMAINS TO HIS HOME IN GOFFSTOWN, WHERE HIS WIFE HELPED PACKAGE THEM AND SHIPPED THEM ...