Police cite funeral home with failing to properly care for human remains
BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter fmain@suntimes.com February 20, 2012 11:10AM
Chicago Police Officers responded to a call of a suspicious person in a car in front of Carter Funeral Chapels in the 2100 block of East 75th Street. When they arrived they found the doors of the funeral home open, no electricity or heat inside and possible building code violations. Monday, February 20, 2011 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-Times
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Updated: March 22, 2012 8:07AM
A South Side funeral home whose sales practices were under federal investigation was hit with a city ordinance violation Monday for “failure to provide adequate shelter, protection, care and disposition of deceased human remains,” police said.
At about 4 a.m., Chicago Police officers found a rear door open and the power off at Carter Funeral Chapels, 2500 E. 75th. A police spokesman said several bodies were in the building in “various states of preparation.”
Two employees and a third man were inside the chapel. One of the men was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant, police said.
In July, the Federal Trade Commission sued Carter Funeral Chapels for allegedly violating a rule that requires funeral homes to provide customers with a general price list for services and a list of casket prices.
The owner could not be reached for comment.
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