Service Corporation International has another Corpse Abuse Scandal
A Service Corporation International Employee has been exposed in an ugly corpse abuse Scandal.This time an SCI Employee had pictures of corpses he abused on his computer. If Funeral Industry workers are such caring individuals than why are there so many scandals?
Back in April, police seized Patton’s computer from his apartment during an unrelated investigation, when they discovered a series of disturbing pictures, 27 in all.
“HPD sent the images to the FBI forensics laboratory for examination,” explained Donna Hawkins with the Harris County District Attorney’s office.
According to court documents, it was determined that the images were taken in November 2004, before Patton worked for Earthman. However, last month when police showed Patton the offensive pictures recovered from his computer, the investigator asked, ‘When was the last time you did this?’
Patton responded, ‘A year ago,’ which would have been on or about September 2008, while Patton was employed as the funeral director at Earthman.
A spokesperson for SCI says she is not aware of any other incidents, and released the following statement:
“These allegations are deeply disturbing. They are contrary to everything the entire funeral profession stands for. The vast majority of people in the funeral industry are people with the utmost integrity. They are caring, compassionate professionals who daily help families through extremely difficult times.”
SCI says it will continue to cooperate with authorities. Abuse of a corpse is a class A misdemeanor. If Patton is convicted, he could spend up to a year in jail and could face up to a $4,000 fine.
via abclocal.go.com
Time after time SCI, Service Corporation International(nyse:sci) brings folks prone to scandal into their ranks,
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