Body left to rot in funeral home 3 years leads to charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Two South Carolina funeral home workers have been indicted after authorities say they left a body to rot in an unrefrigerated room surrounded by air-fresheners for nearly three years because the woman's family owed them money.
Lawrence Robert Meadows and Roderick Mitchell Cummings, both 40, were charged Friday by a state grand jury with desecration of human remains. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of one to 10 years in prison.
They were supposed to cremate 63-year-old Mary Alice Pitts Moore after her funeral in Greenwood in March 2015, but instead left her remains in a locked room under blankets and "surrounded by fragrant items," and even moved her body from one funeral home to another 65 miles (105 kilometers) away, according to a lawsuit filed by Moore's family Read More
Lawrence Robert Meadows and Roderick Mitchell Cummings, both 40, were charged Friday by a state grand jury with desecration of human remains. A conviction on the charge carries a sentence of one to 10 years in prison.
They were supposed to cremate 63-year-old Mary Alice Pitts Moore after her funeral in Greenwood in March 2015, but instead left her remains in a locked room under blankets and "surrounded by fragrant items," and even moved her body from one funeral home to another 65 miles (105 kilometers) away, according to a lawsuit filed by Moore's family Read More
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