ashes

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She said she and her husband Ben Conlin were initially concerned when they received Sunny's ashes in the same box they had brought him in.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Undertaker Robert Bush hoarded dozens of bodies and half a tonne of human ashes.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Humberside Police removed 35 bodies and the ashes of 167 people from Legacy's parlour in Hessle Road following a "concern for care of the deceased" in March 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Martínez had the man’s body cremated, and stored the ashes in a wooden niche in the shelter’s small chapel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

“Those ashes were in the house for days, just sitting there,” Margie recalled.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann