Desolate Detroit Morgue Faces Rising Unclaimed Deaths
Detroit struggles with unclaimed bodies as 50 to 60 of the 3,700 corpses stored yearly remain unclaimed. The Perry Funeral Home hosts a monthly service for recognition, while state aid and local costs drive families toward poverty.
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Mom fights to bury with soldier son in VA cemeteries
Denise Anderson seeks burial beside Army Spc. Corey Shea who died in Mosul on November 12, 2008. She would need a VA burial waiver, which is not granted while alive, prompting lawmakers Barney Frank and John Kerry to push the Corey Shea Act to allow parental burial rights in VA National Cemeteries.
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