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Determining the fate of unclaimed 'cremains'

Metter investigation leads to questions about handling and storage of local remains

Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch displays his closet full of cremated remains that were never claimed after a death and cremation, or were found in abandoned in local residences.

010319 CORONER_REMAINS 01.jpg — Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch displays his closet full of cremated remains that were never claimed after a death and cremation, or were found in abandoned in local residences.

While state investigators are seeking answers regarding three sets of human remains found last week in a Metter recycling yard, 14 boxes of unclaimed human cremains — cremated remains — rest in a closet in the Bulloch County Coroner’s Office.

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