Crematorium Accused Of Misidentifying Remains
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Lake County funeral director says his funeral home recently sent two bodies to a crematorium, but the two sets of ashes it got back were labeled with the same name.
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Phillip Dane, the owner of the Burnett-Dane Funeral Home in Libertyville, told the Chicago Tribune that the employee sent the two human remains six days apart to the crematorium. When the ashes were returned, both sets had the same name on them.
Dane declined to comment on whether the remains have since been correctly identified.
Prosecutors at the Lake County State's Attorney's office would not comment Friday on whether the mix-up is being investigated for possible criminal wrongdoing.
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