Indiana Funeral Director Pleads Guilty to Theft and Decomposing Bodies Discovered

Funeral director Randy Lankford has pleaded guilty to over 40 felony theft charges after 31 corpses and 17 sets of cremated remains were found unrefrigerated and decomposing in his Jeffersonville, Indiana funeral home. Lankford may face up to 12 years in jail and financial penalties towards the families of those affected. He repeatedly lied to clients about the disposal or cremation of their deceased loved ones and provided cremated ashes to clients, only for the person's actual remains to be found in the building.