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Written by DeadGirl
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Wednesday, 27 July 2005 |
By Karen Dandurant
BRENTWOOD - Indictments were handed up Tuesday against three more men involved in the ongoing investigation of alleged abuses at Bayview Crematory in Seabrook.
Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said the grand jury returned indictments against Derek Wallace, Dr. Putnam Breed and James Fuller.
In a Feb. 23 search of the Bayview Crematory, officials found the body of a 50-year-old woman left in an unrefrigerated cooler. At the time, Reams said she had been dead seven to 10 days. They also allegedly found medical waste in a trash bin and unidentified ashes.
Reams said he expects additional charges to be filed as the investigation continues. He said the three new indictments are in addition to the improper handling of bodies charges filed against the men in Hampton District Court.
Each indictment is a Class B felony, carrying a maximum jail sentence of three and a half to seven years in New Hampshire State Prison and a maximum fine of $2,000.
The only exceptions are the charges alleging abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor that carries the possibility of up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Wallace, 34, of 20 Forrest St., Salisbury, Mass., is the former owner of Bayview and faces four counts of theft by deception and one count of abuse of a corpse.
Breed, 67, of 319 Exeter Road, Hampton Falls, signed the cremation certificates for the business and is charged with nine counts of fraudulent handling of records and two counts of theft by deception.
Fuller, 53, of 140 Centennial Ave., Seabrook, is a former employee of the crematory, which has been shut down by the state. He is charged with four counts of fraudulent handling of records and one count of abuse of a corpse. Fuller is a member of the Seabrook School Board.
State police said Bayview performed an estimated 2,000 cremations a year, yet lacked that number of cremation certificates. State Troopers Jill Rockey and Detective Sgt. Richard Mitchell went to Bayview on Feb. 16 and reviewed paperwork of cremations done in 2004. Most of the cremations were of people who died in Massachusetts; although others were from Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire.
All of the deceased had Massachusetts cremation certificates signed by Dr. Putnam Breed. There were no New Hampshire cremation certifications.
Cremation certificates for Bayview filed with the town of Seabrook date back to 1997, according to Rockey, although Reams has said Bayview has only been in operation since 1999. The only 2004 Bayview cremation certifications were from Oct. 28 through Dec. 24 of that year.
Last week, former medical examiner Geno Nigro pleaded guilty to nine Class B felonies on Thursday - three counts of transporting a controlled drug with intent to dispense, three counts of possession of controlled drugs and three counts of fraudulent handling of a recordable writing.
Nigro, 47, of 31 Prescott Road, Raymond, is expected to be sentenced to three years in jail sometime in September after reaching a plea deal last week.
Former chief forensic investigator, Kathrine Wieder, 50, of Newburyport, is also charged with signing death certificates without viewing the bodies. New Hampshire law requires that the body be viewed prior to cremation, in order to be sure the listed cause of death is accurate.
Wieder’s case is scheduled for trial beginning Aug. 1.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/07202005/news/53597.htm |
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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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“I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu!” William Cowper (1731-1800)
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