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DA: Dorchester funeral director stuck 12 bodies in a Weymouth self-storage place

A Dorchester funeral director who is already behind bars awaiting trial on charges he stole funeral pre-payments from an elderly couple could be in even more trouble after detectives and pathologists recovered 12 bodies from the Public Storage facility in Weymouth and cremated remains at another self-storage place in Somerville, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

The bodies and remains did not pose a public-safety risk and foul play was not suspected in the deaths of the people involved, the DA's office says, adding all the remains are now in the custody of the state medical examiner, which will now try to identify them.

Joseph O'Donnell, 55, was already being held in lieu of $10,000 bail on charges he took more than $12,000 in funeral pre-payments from an elderly couple, then was unable to transfer one of their payments to cover the costs of another family member's funeral, in part because he had closed his Neponset Avenue funeral home.

The DA's office says investigators are looking at additional possible problems with funeral arrangements for which O'Donnell took money - including some he allegedly did after his funeral-director's license had lapsed in 2008. Anyone with concerns about a payment to O’Donnell for funeral or cremation services can contact the DA’s Special Investigations Unit at 617-619-4010.

Innocent, etc.


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News like this requires a good stiff drink first.

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perhaps a corpse reviver?

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Who did he work for?

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Used to be the funeral director of O'Donnell-Mulry Funeral Home on Neponset.

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he was doing two for one's. Thus the expression "you'll never be alone".

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doesn't pass the smell test.

I feel bad for whoever had the locker next to him.

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Sounds like a script for a Stephen King novel! Gross!

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At least somebody didn't buy the contents of the unit sight unseen on Storage Wars.

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The Metro has an ad on July 15th for the next auction on July 23 at that location.
I had to double check. His name was not listed on the the lockers being auctioned.

http://boston.metro.us/digital_launch.aspx?eid=29453fdc-1b71-43ff-a16a-7...

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We've got a few, and I'm morbidly curious which one he chose.

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