HAYWARD — The our bodies of six folks and the cremated stays of 154 others have been recovered earlier this month from a former crematorium that had its license suspended 5 years in the past, authorities mentioned.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in a press release mentioned they’re in search of assist in reuniting one of many our bodies and the 154 cremated stays with their households.
The stays have been related to Oceanview Cremations. Sheriff’s Office spokeperson Lt. Tya Modeste mentioned the enterprise’ license was suspended in March 2018 however that the our bodies it’s attempting to reunite with households got here to the enterprise between 2013 and 2021.
Modeste mentioned the our bodies and stays have been stored at a warehouse that was unauthorized to retailer stays. Five of the six non-cremated our bodies have been recognized. Five have been from Alameda County and the sixth from Sonoma County, she mentioned. All six died between 2020 and 2021.
Authorities couldn’t establish one in every of them, as a result of Oceanview Cremations proprietor Robert Smith was unable to provide any viable details about the situation of dying or the subsequent of kin, Modeste mentioned.
Grissom’s Mortuary, a funeral residence that has contracted with Alameda County, has taken over management of the our bodies and stays, in response to Modeste.
Of the cremated stays, 64 have been Alameda County residents; 23 have been from San Francisco County; 15 from San Mateo County; 10 from Contra Costa County; 9 from Santa Clara County and 4 from Santa Cruz County. The relaxation have been unfold from Solano, Marin, Napa, Stanislaus, Sonoma, San Joaquin, Fresno, Placer and Sacramento counties.
The Sheriff’s Office inspired anybody who used Oceanview Cremations between 2013 and 2022 to rearrange their cherished one’s cremation, and should have a query about what occurred to these stays, to name the Alameda County Coroner’s Office at 510-382-3000.
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