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Police unable to use DNA to identify ashes recovered from Hull funeral parlour

Humberside Police cannot identify any cremated ashes in an investigation at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, devastating families and loved ones.
Despite extensive work and calls from concerned families, DNA degradation prevents the recovery of a meaningful DNA profile from the ashes.
Authorities arrested two individuals related to prevention of a lawful burial, fraud, and abuse of position at the funeral parlour.

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BBC News

Not possible to identify cremated ashes, say police

"Devastating news" for families as probe into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors continues.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Police say human ashes found at Hull funeral home cannot be identified

Officers still working to formally identify 35 bodies but are unable to recover useful DNA from ashesHuman ashes found in a Hull funeral home cannot be identified, in what police said would be “devastating news for families and loved ones”.Humberside police said they were still working with the coroner to formally identify the 35 bodies found at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road, four weeks after the launch of a criminal invest…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Police unable to identify ashes recovered from funeral home under investigation

Police recovered 35 bodies and suspected human ashes after launching a probe into care for the deceased at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Police give major update on ashes given to families from raided funeral parlour

Branches were raided by police last month (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire) Families who were given ashes by a Yorkshire funeral director may never know if the remains are actually their relative’s, police have said. Several sites run by Legacy Funeral Directors were raided by Humberside Police a month ago, and the force has since received more than 2,000 calls from worried members of the public. Officers recovered 35 deceased from one of the bran…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Police admit ashes in funeral parlour scandal cannot be identified

Humberside force says grieving relatives may never know if the remains they were given by Legacy Funeral Directors are of their loved ones

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

Human ashes in funeral directors’ inquiry cannot be identified, say police

It is not possible to identify any of the cremated ashes at the centre of an investigation into a funeral directors, according to police who said this will be “devastating news for families and loved ones”.

2 months ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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