31 decomposing bodies found at Indiana funeral home

• Neighboring residents alerted police about a nauseating smell.
• Authorities found 31 decomposing bodies at a local funeral home.
• What will happen to those bodies? Whose are they?

Authorities in the city of Jeffersonville, Indiana, found 31 decomposing bodies stacked inside a funeral home after receiving several complaints from neighbors about the bad smell that flooded the entire area.

Police were alerted by the residents of the area, who began to complain about a foul smell permeating the neighborhood so they carried out an inspection at the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center and made a truly chilling finding.

31 decomposing bodies found after complaints from neighbors about the bad smell

Upon entering the funeral home, police discovered 31 bodies, «some of which were in advanced stages of decomposition.» There were also the remains of 16 cremated people, according to Major Isaac Parker in a statement released by the Louisville Courier-Journal.

What were all those bodies doing there? Apparently, one of the funeral home’s air conditioning units stopped working and that’s why the smell began permeate the neighborhood, reaching the noses of the locals who began to report the stench.

What will happen to the bodies?

In addition, a source told local outlet WDRB that the owner of the funeral home had fallen behind the work he was required to do to process the bodies of the deceased. In fact, they had been accumulating there since March.

What will happen to the bodies? Whose are they? For now, the authorities reported that the Clark County coroner’s office in Indiana has taken the bodies found at the funeral home and will work to identify who the remains belonged to. SEE VIDEO HERE

Is it a crime?

The case is out of the ordinary and the authorities will have to identify the bodies, while looking for an explanation for the accumulation of corpses. The goal is mainly to determine if any crime was committed, but the police don’t suspect malicious motives, the source said.

For now, and because they have not established any crime, the authorities have not placed anyone under arrest. However, the Jeffersonville Police, the Clark County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana State Police have opened an investigation into the funeral home and are looking into the case.

Investigating the pile of corpses

“We understand that this is going to be a situation where we’re really going to need the assistance of these families,” Maj. Isaac Parker said. “I’m sorry that they’ve already suffered a loss and now they’re dealing with this situation. We ask anybody that has information to please reach out to us.»

The police will have to speak with the families of the deceased in order to get to the bottom of the matter concerning the funeral home owned by Randy Lankford, explained The Sun. Anyone with information about the find at Lankford Funeral Home can call the coroner’s office at (812) 285-6282.