NOW THE LATEST ON THE
CREMATED REMAINS FOUND IN A
HOME ONCE OWNED BY A DAYTON
FUNERAL DIRECTOR. LAST
SEPTEMEBER.. DAYTON POLICE
RECOVERED THE CREMATED REMAINS
OF 56 PEOPLE INSIDE A HOME IN
THE 21 HUNDRED BLOCK OF
PHILADELPHIA DRIVE. SCHERRIE
MCLIN CO-OWNED THE PROPERTY.
HER LICENSE AND THE MCLIN
FUNERAL HOME'S LICENSE WERE
REVOKED LAST DECEMBER.
IN THE MONTHS SINCE, THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORONER'S
OFFICE HAS WORKED TO RETURN TO
THE REMAINS TO THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT, DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WERE
UNCLAIMED. UNTIL TODAY.
NEW AT 5:30, MEGAN O'ROURKE
TELLS US ABOUT THE SPECIAL
SERVICE THAT'S GIVING CLOSURE.
AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE
TODAY, THE PASTOR PUT IT BEST.
THE UNCLAIMED....ARE NOW
CLAIMED. THANKS TO THE WORK
OF FOLKS AT THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE,
BRADFORD, CONNOLY AND GLICKLER
FUNERAL HOME AND WOODLAND
CEREMONY, ALL THE REMAINS HAVE
A PERMANENT RESTING PLACE.
12:48:04 "I THINK THESE
PEOPLE WERE PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY AND THEY DESERVED
THE RESPECT THAT THE COMMUNITY
CAN OFFER. MY OFFICE WAS PROUD
AND HONORED TO TAKE CARE OF
THEM, WHILE WE DID, TRYING TO
RELINQ THEM BACK UP WITH THEIR
FAMILIESIF WE COULD AND THOSE
THAT WE COULDN'T DESERVE A
CEREMONY LIKE THIS AS PART OF
OUR COMMUNITY" 19 MONTGOMERY
COUNTY CORONER, DOCTOR KENT
HARSHBARGER OPENED TODAY'S
CEREMONY BY READING THE NAMES
OF THE 27 PEOPLE WHO'S REMAINS
WERE NEVER CLAIMED. EITHER
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND
FAMILY MEMBERS, OR RELATIVES
DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM WITH THE
CORONER'S OFFICE. THE
DECEASED RANGE IN AGE FROM 3
YEARS OLD TO 90 YEARS OLD.
TODAY'S SHORT CEREMONY GAVE A
LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY
CLOSURE. LARRY GLICKLER IS A
FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN TOWN...AND
WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THIS
CASE...HE KNEW HE HAD TO ACT.
12:51:35 "IT'S A SHAME AND AS
A FUNERAL DIRECTOR I FEEL VERY
BADLY...THAT THIS IS OUT IN
THE PUBLIC, THIS IS NOT THE
WAY FUNERAL HOMES AND FUNERAL
DIRECTORS HANDLE SOMEONES
LOVED ONES AND AS I SAY THESE
PEOPLE DESERVE THE RESPECT WE
ARE SHOWING THEM TODAY AND
THIS CERTAINLY IS NOT A COMMON
PRACTICE IN THE FUNERAL
BUSINESS" 59 WHILE IT MAY
NOT BE THE PROPER WAY OF
HANDLING REMAINS, WE CHECKED
WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PROSECUTORS OFFICE AND THEY
TELL US THEY ARE "NOT"
INVESTIGATING THIS AS A
CRIMINAL MATTER. THE
CREMATED REMAINS ARE NOW AT
WOODLAND CEREMONY, BUT CAN BE
MOVED, SHOULD A FAMILY COME
FORWARD. REPORTING LIVE,
MEGAN O'ROURKE 2 NEWS.
