2nd Chicago facility shut down in connection to funeral home investigation

The investigation by the state of Illinois into mishandled and decomposing bodies found at a Chicago funeral home has expanded to a second facility.

The Illinois State Comptroller, which regulates crematoriums, is now investigating Bohemian National Cemetery and Crematorium is in connection to the South Chicago Chapel scandal and Morgan family, and has also been shut down, sources told CBS News Chicago.

Sources with the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office also said that on top of the 56 decomposing bodies found at South Chicago Chapel, dozens of boxes of cremated remains were also uncovered…

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