Houston police interrupted a funeral service at an unlicensed funeral home in the Third Ward while executing a search warrant. The Community Funeral Home on Wheeler Avenue was being investigated for allegedly using the personal information of deceased individuals for fraud. The funeral home’s license had been revoked on August 31, according to KHOU.
During a police investigation at Wheeler Avenue’s Community Funeral Home, authorities discovered several boxes of cremains while probing complaints of identity theft of the deceased. “Apparently, the funeral home was using whatever information they had when the contract was executed for the funeral services and that’s what is going on right now,” noted Houston Police Lieutenant Larry Crowson, as reported by ABC13…