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Bayview Crematorium
Articles about Bayview Crematorium in Seabrook, NH, where investigators found human remains inappropriately handled in 2005. The discovery prompted an investigation and criminal charges for the owner and his employees. The accusations of corpse mishandling, fraudulent documentation, illegal creamations, and the discovery of unidentified cremains and improper body waste storage caused lawmakers to propose regulations on the industry.
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December 20, 2007 Man pleads guilty to tax evasion in Bayview Crematory case
July 18, 2007 Jail time for doctor in crematorium scheme
May 03, 2007 Former Crematory Owners Plead Guilty, Will Pay Back Taxes
February 06, 2007 Doctor convicted in N.H. crematory case wants new trial
January 11, 2007 New York City Key player in body parts scandal injured
January 11, 2007 Former Mass. medical examiner on trial in N.H. crematorium case
November 26, 2006 NH Man Faces More Charges In Illegal Crematorium Case
September 27, 2006 Witness' Death Won't Stop Prosecution Of Crematorium Suspects
August 26, 2006 More justice due in crematory case
May 13, 2006 Crematory cases hit new snag
May 10, 2006 Former crematorium employee wants to take back guilty plea
January 29, 2006 Bayview plea deal expected
June 30, 2005 Three Arrested In Illegal Crematory Case
June 21, 2005 Charges mulled against crematory's ex-owner
June 21, 2005 Former crematorium owners lawyer: N.H. lacks evidence of crime
May 18, 2005 Crematory investigations continue
April 24, 2005 Fallout from the crematorium investigation in Seabrook continues
April 21, 2005 Man: Ashes might be my wife
April 18, 2005 Authorities say ashes in four urns cannot be identified
April 08, 2005 Medical examiners indicted on fraud waive hearing
April 03, 2005 Ashes may soon be identified
March 21, 2005 Maine man wants N.H. to pay for DNA test on dead wifes ashes
March 01, 2005 Worker at crematory says rules followed
February 27, 2005 N.H. police find rotting corpse at crematory
February 25, 2005 Authorities say crematorium may have been mingled remains
 
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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-189

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