Hundreds Of Unclaimed Human Remains Lead Officials To Consider Changes To W. Virginia Law
The office, which investigates deaths that are unnatural or unexplained, has kept 248 remains of people who died because they’re unidentified or unclaimed by family members, West Virginia’s Metro News reported. Officials said that as of October 11, approximately 162 of the remains are cremated, and 86 bodies are in frozen storage. Only one body stored is being kept at the request of a prosecuting attorney and is not considered unclaimed or unidentified, 13 News reported....