local news begins right now with a
breaking news alert we will begin with
the breaking news we first told you
about on clickondetroit.com the bodies
of 11 infants discovered inside a
shutdown funeral home on Detroit's east
side the remains were found after an
anonymous tip was sent to state
regulators this afternoon when they
searched the building they found the
bodies of 11 infants hidden inside the
ceiling the discovery was made at the
site of the old Cantrell Funeral Home on
Mack Avenue Germont areas live on the
scene there inside the funeral home in
jermonta this is the same funeral home
that was shut down in April for
deplorable conditions you're correct him
believe Kentrell Funeral Homes shut down
six months ago for improperly storing
bodies not to mention the filthy
conditions that the state said was
inside the new owners of this facility
they have allowed us inside because
investigators they just left the scene
but what investigators found and I
should say where they found it it's
really just alarming we're gonna take
our cameras and show you police say it
was up this ladder if I repair my camera
up in in that ceiling that's where they
made the gruesome discovery of those 11
infants the dumpster outside the former
Cantrell funeral home is where trash
goes but Detroit Police say the remains
of 11 infants were treated just like
garbage when their bodies were stuffed
hidden in the ceiling nine infants were
boxed together in a plain cardboard box
to werden casket simple as that it's
very disheartening right now
disheartening and downright disturbing
Detroit Police now say an anonymous tip
to the state brought investigators here
the building which operated as a funeral
home on East Mac was in the process of
getting renovated into a community
center
the new owners opened the door for
investigators and that's when they
searched the hidden compartments and the
ceiling making the gruesome discovery
somebody's had a tag on them referring
back to 2009 somebody's had receipts on
them as if the person or family didn't
finish paying back in April when the
state shut down control for deplorable
conditions and leaving bodies and
garages the owner Raymond Cantrell
admitted to it were you in fact storing
bodies in the garage
oh yes so this we wouldn't
aroma filling up the funeral home but
Friday night over the phone mr. Cantrell
told me
did you order or did any of your staff
members where they ordered to hide
bodies yes Kendra took over the
family-run business in 2017 within that
year the funeral home lost his license
Cantrell insists the problems were there
prior to his arrival and off the top of
my head sir all my human remains were
found discovered and transferred by the
state of Michigan in April this appears
to be someone who either placed these
bodies there or potentially worked here
is that part of your investigation
obviously they had knowledge you're not
gonna just guess so whether they're
employee or whether they actually did it
we don't know I am totally appalled it
the fact that it occurred and there you
heard mr. Cantrell offering an apology
for what you are looking at right here
and where those remains were now Detroit
police they tell me they want to talk to
mr. Cantrell over the phone tonight when
I talk to mr. Cantrell he said if
Detroit police if they reach out to him
he will talk mr. Cantrell
currently lives out of the state
reporting live Jomon Terry local for
good mr. Mont any idea how long it'll
take to identify the bodies and their
families Kimberly I mean this is just
one of those stories that's just
unbelievable when we broke it online
many people will just could not believe
it now one thing we do know there were
some paperwork connected with some of
the 11 bodies but right now as you heard
that officer mention those dates go back
to 2009 so they have to first look at
the paperwork try to track down family
members and figure out if the people are
still in the area so a lot to go through
over the next couple of days that's it
is truly up it's okay Germont