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steve817 wrote:

seamusTX wrote:

apostate wrote:Here's one option If you qualify. http://www.cem.va.gov/bbene_burial.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's good for veterans. Not too many women in their 70s are veterans. I guess there might be a few. I don't know the technicalities back then.

- Jim

No but there are many who are or were spouses of veterans. They are also eligible.

To my knowledge, the son did not apply for veteran benefits for his mother's burial.

ELB wrote:(I know the TV shows always show ambulance crews carting off dead bodies, and maybe they perform that service in other places, but I don't think that is how it is generally done.

I am not very familiar with these types of laws, but in some states it is against the law for an ambulance to transport a dead body. I was told this by some ambulance drivers.

I don't think that most places still use the coroner van ala Quincy ME to transport bodies unless the death is thought to be a homicide. For other deaths ["natural", accidental, illness, suicide] I believe that most of that work is subcontracted. My [former] BIL once had a job picking up bodies [I know, horrible job]. If the police initially determined that the death was not as a result of a criminal act, they would call his company to transport the body. I am not sure where he took them. I never did ask.

seamusTX wrote:The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. The cause or time of death have not been specified. No further charges have been brought as of yesterday.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/325902" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

I guess there is really no hurry. The suspect is still in custody so he isn't going anywhere soon.

seamusTX wrote:No human development in League City is 100 years old. That subdivision probably was built in the 1960s or 70s. - Jim

The house where the suspect and his mother lived was built in 1976.

The Galveston country medical examiner is conducting an autopsy. The results have not been released. This story has been getting a lot of national coverage.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/325042" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

tacticool wrote:I understand he was (allegedly, ianal, tgif) defrauding the taxpayers and they should prosecute him for that.

The other charges seem bogus. Is it illegal to have a family cemetery on property that's been in the family 100 years? If not, where is the line drawn for how long you have to own the property before burying an ancestor there? Maybe there's a zoning violation but that's municipal, not penal code.

From what I read he forged his mother's signature on government checks. In addition to zoning laws, there are usually health code regulations concerning cemeteries.