An American funeral home has been closed down after workers chopped off the legs of a 6ft7in man to fit him in a coffin. James Hines’s family were not told that staff at the Cave Funeral Home, in Allendale, South Carolina, had taken drastic actions to fit his corpse in a standard-sized casket.
It was only after the 60-year-old’s burial that rumours about what had happened sparked a full-scale investigation. Police exhumed his body and discovered Mr Hine’s legs had been removed between the ankle and calf with an electric saw and placed alongside him in the coffin. Funeral director Michael Cave admitted that an unlicensed worker Charles G. Cave had carried out the procedure.
The South Carolina Board of Funeral Service voted to revoke the home’s licence, forcing the business to close.The board also fined Cave $500 and ordered him to pay $1,500 for the investigation. Prosecutors are considering whether to bring a criminal case against Mr Cave, Under South Carolina law, destroying or desecrating human remains is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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I don’t know how to feel about this. I saw it, and laughed. Then felt terrible for doing so, and then saw that it was filed under Freaky Deaky and Funny Ha Ha and then laughed again. But poor man lol
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That’ll teach people to be freakishly tall.
And by freakishly I mean over 6ft.
OOhh good, maybe they can donate the leggs stuffed, to our Dearren.
How long before half of the television shows (particularly the crime-investigation shows) have episodes featuring this kind of behaviour?
h.p. lovecraft wrote a story called “in the vault”, about what happens to undertakers like this.
I laughed too. Then I felt overwhelmed with guilt. Poor man and his poor family.
But there’s still a niggling part of me that can’t get past the black amusement of this story… :-/
LOL at ReligiousMarie – I love the idea of giving them to Derren for taxidermy purposes PMSL
Very Bad SI
The credit crunch has affected us all,
Even those over 6ft tall,
Undertakers cunning as a foxes,
Burying giants in tiny boxes,
And seen as his limbs were placed by his side,
Instead he should have been 6ft wide.
Thanks for that. I was just about to have a nice coffee. I feel sick.
They at times break bones as well … to get them out of weird positions ..
And did you hear what happens down there to them???
In their grave …..
Good that we’re not in the bods anymore by that time …. we hope … that is … What if you are in sort of a catathonic state … remember the scratches on the inside of some coffins …..
I mean .. serious ..
Let’s stay alive .. then we wont run any risk ..
I may be a bit insensitive here, but I really don’t see what’s so horrible about what they did. I mean, they were putting those remains six feet underground anyway. The family never saw the guy with cut-up legs. Not like it would have bothered anyone if it hadn’t been found out.
I giggled and really wasn’t bothered by this. I mean the man has passed on, he’s not going to care. Medical students have done a lot worse to corpses.
I must add, Bronski’s poetry was very touching
(Haha, Freaky Deaky ^_^)
@SI…youre a very bad person
@Bronski…and you too! heheh…leggy poetry
I think they started to cut from the wrong end…
Not sure whether to find this funny or not. The wicked side of me does, then the angelic side of me would wonder how I’d feel if that was my Dad or something……
But yeah, poor man indeed.
Claire x
get what you pay for i guess.
Thanks for that information.I am serious about this.I feel bad……..
Hi James Hines,
Work in funeral industry can be stressful due to the odd hours,rushed schedule but Some people who work there seem to have a passion for their work and good people skills.So You must try good self care with nutrition,physical strength training, and adequate sleep can help you for fit and fine.