Cook County body removal backlog leads to long delays: ‘Lots of angry families’

CHICAGO There’s a backlog of bodies in Cook County – that’s the claim of some workers who transported bodies to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The company they worked for, Allied Services Group, was replaced by another company.

What we know:It’s a sensitive business, but there are people who do it, transport the dead from homes, hospitals, and crime scenes to the morgue.

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