Funeral Director Scammed Families, Left Bodies to Rot

0:00On April 2nd, Robert Bush, the 47-year-old owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, just pleaded guilty to leaving 30. Bodies to rot in his parlors while scamming grieving families out of thousands in cremation fees. He duped over 200 families, handing out fake ashes, including to four women who lost unborn babies and even stole from 12 charities like McMillan Cantor Support and the Salvation Army. After this year, Humberside Police raided his three sites, recovering 35 bodies and a stash of human ashes, sparking over 2000. Calls to a hotline from shocked relatives. Families are reeling, describing moldy, bloodied coffins, endouting if the ashes they scattered were real. Police say DNA tests on ashes are. Impossible, leaving lifelong pain for folks like those who honored loved ones at Christmas. Bush faces jail time this summer after today's full guilty pleas at Hull Crown Court, including fraud on funeral plans he pocketed himself, fueling.

1:01Fresh demands to regulate the whole industry before more heartbreak hits.