Cantrell Funeral Home

[softailrider]

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

[Bigb23]

Just recently found out about this. A black eye for the city of Flint , again.

[SyGolden48236]

Just recently found out about this. A black eye for the city of Flint , again.

This has nothing to do with Flint. Cantrell Funeral Home is on Mack Avenue in DETROIT.

[dtowncitylover]

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

[Honky Tonk]

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

It's you because the article is about Flint.

[313WX]

It's you because the article is about Flint.

The Swanson's funeral home in Flint is/was connected to the ones in Detroit.

The son of the person who ran the Detroit locations ran the location in Flint.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oPSl_cn18&t=65s

If you seriously believe there are no ties and the apple fell far from the tree, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

[Honky Tonk]

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

It's you because the article is about Flint.

Unending

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...it/1702594002/

My apologies...

[Towne Cluber]

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

More so, it doesn’t sound like the funeral home “did too good of a job over there”.

[hybridy]

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...gan/107110370/

Not a popular opinion, but it seems like majority minority MI cities have a problem - is this black on black crime, the community preying on its own? Is this evidence of a systemic breakdown of society? muck FAGA tho

[Meddle]

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

[Honky Tonk]

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

There were Cantrell funeral around Detroit with several locations. I know a couple have closed. I wonder if it's any relation? The article linked cites "Swanson". Maybe the two have merged.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fune...eral-home/8235

[Zacha341]

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

There were Cantrell funeral around Detroit with several locations. I know a couple have closed. I wonder if it's any relation? The article linked cites "Swanson". Maybe the two have merged.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fune...eral-home/8235

[Honky Tonk]

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

Good Morning Zacha341, I'm familiar with Swanson Funeral Home and always considered them upscale. From the Freep link posted by Hybridy, I saw the "Swanson" name and thought there might be an affiliation. The article says no. I thought the last time I drove by Cantrell on Mack, I thought they were closed permanently. Bodies left in boxes is negligence, bodies hidden in floorboards is deliberate. The scenario is disgusting. These are someone's loved ones. This sounds like a scam. Someone was pocketing the money.

[SyGolden48236]

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

You cannot blame L.A.R.A. for this. One cannot reasonably expect that anybody would store bodies in a false ceiling. The culpability for this rests solely with the mentally defective person who placed the bodies in the ceiling in the first place.

[softailrider]

You cannot blame L.A.R.A. for this. One cannot reasonably expect that anybody would store bodies in a false ceiling. The culpability for this rests solely with the mentally defective person who placed the bodies in the ceiling in the first place.

Of course you’re right, LARA did a bang up great job on this. Missing 11 corpes while they’re shutting down a funeral home was just a minor blip in an otherwise stellar investigation.

[SyGolden48236]

Of course you’re right, LARA did a bang up great job on this. Missing 11 corpes while they’re shutting down a funeral home was just a minor blip in an otherwise stellar investigation.

So you're saying that the L.A.R.A. staffers should have expected that there would be bodies stored in a false ceiling? Who in their right mind would expect such a thing? It is not normal practice in the funeral industry that bodies are stored in a false ceiling. Who would have known other than the mentally ill person that placed the bodies in the ceiling in the first place?

[softailrider]

So you're saying that the L.A.R.A. staffers should have expected that there would be bodies stored in a false ceiling? Who in their right mind would expect such a thing? It is not normal practice in the funeral industry that bodies are stored in a false ceiling. Who would have known other than the mentally ill person that placed the bodies in the ceiling in the first place?

Yes, that’s what I’m saying, I’m not sure why you don’t understand. LARA wasn’t just shutting down a funeral home - it should have been evident to them at the onset that they were shutting down a house of horrors. Any further remains or dead bodies at that location should have been discovered by LARA. After they found the initial bodies in the garages they should have known the owners or employees at that location were extremely disturbed. LARA, being a government or quasi - government agency certainly had the resources available to them to do a proper search.

[pocketchange]

I assume these babies were brought to the funeral home but without the needed funds for a burial or cremation and probably didn't want a funeral. If so, I don't understand why you just wouldn't add them to an existing customers casket and bury them together. Disgusting and wrong, but seems more right than the solution chosen.

[313WX]

BTW, just so everyone knows, the same people who ran Cantrell's on Mack are running the new location in Eastpointe.

https://www.qacantrellfunerals.com

"Compassion, commitment, and service are the focus of Q A Cantrell Funeral Services. Our mission is to establish a long-lasting, trusting relationship with the community and surrounding areas. Our father, Raymond E. Cantrell, founder of Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, has provided excellent service for over 50 years. AS the next generation of funeral directors, our goal is to continue in his footprints of quality, family-oriented and customer focused funeral service."

[Meddle]

BTW, just so everyone knows, the same people who ran Cantrell's on Mack are running the new location in Eastpointe.


"Compassion, commitment, and service are the focus of Q A Cantrell Funeral Services. Our mission is to establish a long-lasting, trusting relationship with the community and surrounding areas. Our father, Raymond E. Cantrell, founder of Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, has provided excellent service for over 50 years. As the next generation of funeral directors, our goal is to continue in his footprints of quality, family-oriented and customer focused funeral service."

Should that be bolded instead?

[313WX]

Should that be bolded instead?

Ah, good catch!

[hybridy]

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

LARA = The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

https://www.michigan.gov/lara

[hybridy]

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

Swanson has father - son operations. The son went off the rails and daddy doesn’t want to be affiliated.

https://nypost.com/2017/07/14/mortic...nt-of-corpses/

[Zacha341]

Yeah, elder Swanson's people handled Ms. Aretha Franklin's funeral.

No way do they want this negative connection. Sounds like it's going to be a grand Thanksgiving family gathering for the Swanson's!!

Swanson has father - son operations. The son went off the rails and daddy doesn’t want to be affiliated.

https://nypost.com/2017/07/14/mortic...nt-of-corpses/

[Zacha341]

Yeah, I knew that. The periods in between the letters in earlier posts helped indicate it was a acronym. LOL!

LARA = The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

https://www.michigan.gov/lara