Mummies Make The News In Various States Of Decay

The owner of a former Sun Valley funeral home was charged with 11 misdemeanor charges for alleged failure to properly bury the remains of 11 people, including infants, who were found in various stages of decay and mummification, the Los Angeles City Attorney announced Friday.

State and local officials who went to the funeral home to investigate found the bodies in various stages of decay and could smell them from outside the building.

The Orange County coroner identified two of three people found dead early this month at an Irvine home, the scene of a possible murder-suicide.

Karina Poirier, 55, and Serge Poirier, 63, were found with another adult April 6 in a house by Irvine police. Their bodies were “severely decomposed,” police said at the time.

The deceased were believed to be a mother, father and son, authorities said.                       [L.A. Times]