Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Decomposed Body Found at Shuttered NY Funeral Home

BATH, N.Y. - Authorities say a man's decomposed body has been found inside a sealed casket at an upstate New York funeral home that was shut down two months ago.

The Steuben (stoo-BEHN') County Sheriff's Office says an auctioneer found the body Tuesday while at the Seager-Jones Funeral Home in Bath to catalog items to be auctioned. The business and another funeral home owned by David Seager in nearby Savona were closed in May when officials realized they weren't registered with the state.

Authorities say the cremated remains of 12 others were found at the Bath funeral home.

Authorities began an investigation in April after receiving a complaint that a body had been improperly stored at the Savona business before burial.

Seager was charged last month with scheme to defraud and violating the law concerning timely burial of cadavers.

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