CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. – A Chicago Heights crematory has been shut down after the Illinois Comptroller’s office received a complaint last month of the facility mishandling human remains, according to the state agency.
Heights Crematory, 230 E. 11th St., faces penalties of up to $5,000 for each violation found during the comptroller’s office’s ongoing investigation and could have its crematory license revoked. It is prohibited from taking on any new cases and is receiving help from the state to process about 100 bodies it had in storage.
“There were bodies sort of stacking up at this crematory,” said Abdon Pallasch, communications director for the comptroller’s office, declining to elaborate on conditions as their investigation continues…