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Recession Effect: Dead Bodies Pile Up

posted: 01 October 2009 11:18 am ET

From CNN: "Inside the Wayne County morgue in midtown Detroit, 67 bodies are piled up, unclaimed, in the freezing temperatures. Neither the families nor the county can afford to bury the corpses. So they stack up inside the freezer."

We noted this phenomenon in July, when the LA Times reported cremation up 36 percent because of unclaimed bodies there.

The CNN article briefly looks at how devasting this is for the family members who can't afford to deal with a dead relative.

Read full story at CNN

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