Rotting bodies found in funeral home TWO YEARS after it was closed when relatives complained their loved ones hadn't been cremated
- McLendon Funeral Home closed in 2012 after complaints from clients
- Former owner Mary McLendon has been jailed for not burying bodies
- Police searched property after she admitted there was a corpse inside
- Officers found that body, and were then surprised to find another
- One has been identified as Marshall Lee Allen, who died in 2011
- His daughter says the experience has put her through 'hell and back'
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A pair of rotting corpses have been found inside an abandoned funeral home two years after it was shut down for not cremating bodies.
One of the bodies has been identified as that of Marshall Lee Allen, who died of pneumonia in 2011 aged 63.
His daughter, Kimberly Wall, says the experince of trying to track down her father's remains for almost three years has sent her 'to hell and back.'
Two bodies have been found inside a funeral home in North Carolina two years after it was shut down when clients complained remains were not being returned to them
The bodies were discovered after former owner Mary McLendon admitted in court on Wednesday that there was a body inside the shuttered property
Speaking to Wsoctv, she said she spent $1,500 on a viewing and cremation service for Allen at McLendon Funeral Home, but his remains were never returned to her.
Police eventually tracked the body down after the home's former owner, Mary McLendon, admitted in court on Wednesday that there was still a corpse inside the property.
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Ms Wall said: 'You can't explain it. This is something I wouldn't wish on nobody. She destroyed so many lives that you can't fit back together.'
McLendon Funeral Home was closed in 2012 after clients complained that McLendon was taking payments for cremations and burial services without performing them.
When police raided the home on that occasion, they found three bodies left inside.
Police found one body wrapped in blankets inside a casket, but were surprised to discover another lying on a table. One body has been identified as that of Marshall Lee Allen, who died in 2011
McLendon has been sentenced to between 6 and 17 months in jail after being found guilty of obtaining property by false pretenses
One of them was Richard Bennett, who had died five months before his body was found, authorities said at the time.
McLendon was sentenced to 6 to 17 months in prison at Anson County court for obtaining property by false pretenses.
Speaking about the trial, Wall added: 'I wish she could have been charged with murder or something because she killed a part of me when she did that.'
Wsoctv also claims that McLendon had a history of violations dating back to 2006, including changing dates on death certificates, using funeral funds for her own use, and failing to refund clients.
In 2010, deputies found another three dead bodies inside the funeral home that weren't properly disposed of.
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