Investigation launched after remains of 2 babies found above ceiling at Indiana funeral home
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Police say the remains of two babies have been found in small boxes above ceiling tiles in a northwestern Indiana funeral home.
Gary police and the Lake County coroner on Wednesday removed the bodies of a stillborn and a newborn from Smith, Bizzell and Warner Funeral Home. Investigators said the bodies appeared mummified or skeletonized. One had a tag indicating the baby was delivered March 3, 1996.
Lake County Coroner Merrilee Frey says the funeral home owners, Concord Family Services Inc., contacted her after finding the remains.
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Concord vice president Sharon Vaughn says the home's previous owners left the bodies. Concord bought the home in 2005.
Gary police Sgt. Thomas Decanter says a criminal investigation has been opened. Autopsies are scheduled Friday.
Gary is located 35 miles southeast of Chicago.