Sep 23, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min · 11 segments
Chris and two Illinois Funeral Directors discuss the Heights Crematory Scandal. How this could have and should have been avoided.
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Now, those are just... like reefer trailers from what I could tell there, that's not like an actual refrigeration unit inside the crematory.
Right.
It's just out in the yard.
It's a trailer.
And I, I think it was declared that it's not a reefer trailer.
It was a regular trailer with a, a cooling unit placed upon it.
Okay.
It wasn't even, Like when I was out in New York, we were using reefer trailers that were insulated and this is what they were for.
We built specific shelving units for them and this is not anything remotely close to that.
Loaded into a trailer, we blurred the photos of bodies wrapped in sheets or plastic, body parts and faces exposed.
This bag was full of dead bugs.
Describe for me what you see in those pictures.
Very deplorable conditions of storage.
Complete disrespect and disregard for the families of these loved ones.
We conducted our own surveillance of the location where the bodies were being stored.

So he was also a subcontracted crematory for funeral homes that did not have a crematory.

So this isn't just these aren't decedents that he was taking care of directly because he was direct to the family or whatnot.

And I don't even know if that's allowed in Illinois, if a crematory that's not a funeral home can solicit to the general public.

So some of these loved ones are decedents from funeral homes other than the funeral home him and his wife own.
Correct.

Now, those are just... like reefer trailers from what I could tell there, that's not like an actual refrigeration unit inside the crematory.
Right.
It's just out in the yard.
It's a trailer.
And I, I think it was declared that it's not a reefer trailer.
It was a regular trailer with a, a cooling unit placed upon it.
Okay.
It wasn't even, Like when I was out in New York, we were using reefer trailers that were insulated and this is what they were for.
We built specific shelving units for them and this is not anything remotely close to that.
Loaded into a trailer, we blurred the photos of bodies wrapped in sheets or plastic, body parts and faces exposed.
This bag was full of dead bugs.
Describe for me what you see in those pictures.
Very deplorable conditions of storage.
Complete disrespect and disregard for the families of these loved ones.
We conducted our own surveillance of the location where the bodies were being stored.

So he was also a subcontracted crematory for funeral homes that did not have a crematory.

So this isn't just these aren't decedents that he was taking care of directly because he was direct to the family or whatnot.

And I don't even know if that's allowed in Illinois, if a crematory that's not a funeral home can solicit to the general public.

So some of these loved ones are decedents from funeral homes other than the funeral home him and his wife own.
Correct.
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