Smell haunts neighbor of shuttered Las Vegas funeral home; 100+ ‘improperly stored’ bodies removed

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A neighboring business owner to a now-shuttered Las Vegas funeral home said the smell started in April. By early August, the coroner’s office was removing 146 bodies from the building.

More than two weeks ago, the Nevada Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services voted to pull the license of McDermott’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services. The board met over two days to review four complaints filed against the business, which is in an industrial area on Western Avenue near Sahara Avenue. The Nevada Attorney General’s Office signs off on the complaints.

On Friday, Aug. 8, the 8 News Now Investigators recorded coroner staff moving bodies from the property. The remains were transferred to Davis Funeral Home…

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