Shawnte Hardin sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for operating unlicensed funeral home business
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2022
- A Lucas County judge convicted Hardin of 31 charges related to operating an unlicensed funeral home business in Ohio.
Victims of Hardin's crimes read emotional impact statements Friday, prior to his sentencing.
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This guy rightfully deserves the heavy hand of the law.
But when child molesters are doing 6 months (if anything at all), you have to acknowledge that there is something seriously wrong with our society.
If this warrants 12 years in prison, than pedophiles deserve something unspeakable.
I agree with you!
The punishment doesn't fit the crime. You would think this man killed the ppl. Shut his business down yes !!! But 12 years for mishandling dead bodies ? ??? What in the world is going on in our justice system ??? My Lord !!!
Thank you. Sentencing makes no sense at this point. And although he deserves time maybe it would be better for him to pay the families, than waste taxpayer money housing him. We need to deal with pedos and violent abusers. He should probably do SOME time but community service would be more useful.
I agree. I just watched a news clip of a 6 yr old little girl escaping from a kidnapper. Kid was taking the trash out, right out her front door and he literally just grabbed her arm and kept walking. The girl screamed and fought back and he let go. It was all captured on their ring camera. The father tracked him down in his car and called the cops. Although he was arrested, I believe the father should have simply ran him over and did society a favor. Now the POS will probably bail out or get a slap on the wrist and he'll try to kidnap again.
@@gunnymcgunwall6671 Umm.... then the father would have been found guilty of homicide and done 40 years..... you go run him over if you want to be a hero?
They acting like he killed there family I'm done
For those of you who are confused- he mishandled their loved ones remains by failing to properly store/maintain their bodies and even failed to deliver bodies to their funerals . One woman discovered her sister’s remains were still at his office one month after the funeral was held
Proof?
@@JohnWickkkk proof ?? The proof is in the families statements.
Thank you for this breakdown because I didn’t understand. This is so sad.
@@whitlock1988 like pictures; etc?
😳
Making us respectful folks in the business look bad. He wasn’t licensed, don’t call him a funeral director. He’s a fraud and shame to the business
Stfu he was helping people
You guys probably pushed him out because he was offering affordable funerals you guys just take advantage of people in their time of need
@@dillan1875no, he wasn't
@@bradmagnuson6963 yes he was dummy people who couldn’t afford funerals I know his family many people was just upset he didn’t store body’s right
@@dillan1875 he wasn't even a licensed funeral director, and had no business running an unlicensed funeral home. He didn't handle anything right, including bodies stored in the funeral home, without being embalmed. He deserves the prison time
He still got the funeral home suit on 😂😂
🤣😭 took the words from me 😭 ngga had his feet planted in the middle of the flo Like a big az oak tree
You a fool 😂
Was planted in the middle of the court room fLo Lke a biG az oak tree
Yo chill 😂😂
😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That feeling of your loved ones body being mishandled after death is beyond devastating. It’s like they died twice because of his actions. No respect for the dead smh.
But he wount stay in prison if Ohio gets all democrat legislature lol
What do you think an autopsy doc does to a body!!? Mishandle, violate it, some even curse at it. ...
What makes a liscensed funeral home any better? Cremation seems harsh and evil to me.
I hope they don't dwell on it. The fault is his alone. I hope remember their loved ones as they were.
@@RossyHebrank SHUT UP & stop making it POLITICAL, clown🤡
I couldn’t help but cry when i heard the pain in their voices. Shame on him
Shut up
What did he do wrong I'm confused?
I was trying to stay strong 💪🏿. But it got me too !! 😢 😭 😿
@@tonysnow5461 Same here, all of this noise and time and all I see is he operated the funeral home without a license.
You didn't cry stop lying lol. Personally I've never cried for anything other than the passing away of a close family member(I cry about it almost once every day for the past year). Not even selling my dog that I owned for a year and got close with, I did not shed a tear, although I was very sad.
Her screams 😢 I’m so hurt for the families
I know 😢I felt that too to my soul 😢😢😢
“He took advantage of people during the worst time of thier life”, wait a min! Isn’t that what lawyers do too!
Yes and no. It's their job to prosecute, defend and or advise. If they meet their client at a low point, it is what it is.
Yep. Happened to me. Lawyers are low down😢
12 years is…………You get less time (3-10 years) when you actually kill someone while drunk driving. That’s wild to me. A guy in my town is only doing 3-5 years after killing two people while intoxicated. Mishandling bodies is a disgusting act and these families deserve justice but the fact that the prosecution was asking for 45 years at that. Crazy
Edit: just revisiting to say the guy in my hometown was recently released only after serving 18 months of his sentence😭 and people were posting him on Facebook and coming at him for being at a bar or something 🤦🏽♀️
Just goes to show how much hate they have for the guy, but your right 45 years is overkill for that offense and I doubt that they'll get their way.
Good 45
Bottom line he’s a black business owner. He’s being over punished
@@blackway643 and how much you want to bet if he was white, those family members wouldn't have been carrying on like that and he dang sure wouldn't be doing no more than a year if that behind bars. 12 years for that is insane. I'm so sick of this country.
@@brandon1831204 All facts
If you've lost someone close to you..you feel these people's screams in your bones and spirit..😥😥
Just lost my grandma today😞 & i agree, this was very hard to watch
@@badgalkia10 I am truly so very sorry for your loss. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏
Why they screaming at him like he killed their family? Besides not having a business license, what did he do wrong?
She lost my empathy with that ridiculously out of control screaming and hollering. Can't even imagine what she's like in the privacy of her own home. Absolutely zero self control or even any EFFORT at maintaining her composure. Judge should've had her removed from the courtroom IMO.
@@eliasreyes5332 “Besides not having a business license, What did he do wrong” 🤓🤓🤓
Unbelievable somebody would do that. Evil will never go unpunished!
This happened here in Florida. People reported the mortuary had maggots on the bodies, people saying they could smell death at the funeral. They found out he was putting multiple bodies in one grave. He wasn't using embalming fluid, he wasn't using professional make up...the make up would be melting off on to the deceased persons clothing. He got sentenced for about 15 years.
Dang, that's foul...
Absolutely despicable!
And yet people are running their mouth saying the most outrageous things in the comments.
Thank you for telling what it meant for the families here, because some people are so cluesless.
Especially wicked when you have no respect for the dead
Lord have mercy Lord have mercy I was searching what he did exactly... wow
This sounds almost like the plot for a horror movie. How terrible for that one woman who saw her sister literally decaying. My goodness!
no one needs to see that
@@alexrekzu4079 people see that all the time - police , forensics, morticians, pi 🕵🏻, coroners
Lmao
@@giacobowahlboghter5586 .....I did a Google search and learned all about it............I have no idea why this broadcast didn't elaborate. Maybe time constraints.......He pretended to be a low cost funeral provider and basically stored the b*dies in an abandoned Church........How he got the title 'senior pastor', I don't know. He probably applied online for some sort of bogus 'ordained minister' certificate and worked a con on unsuspecting souls.
@@twilit oh so like 1-2% of the public, lol
That poor lady’s pain, you can feel it. Shame on this man and that funeral home.
I don’t care how much pain she in she showed she’s an idiot!!!
What pain,?
@@afarouk3712 r u slow upstairs kid?
Shame on him disgrace disgusting just give this man alive in prison 😡🤬😡🤬 and I hope he rot in prison
@@switchitup5446 I’d say
Bruhh i lost my mom thank god she didnt even to go through this. My heart goes out to those poor families.
My heart goes out to you! I'm so sorry for your loss 😔
@@briattnybrittany6843 thank you!
🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️🕊️
Me too, my dog. My mother passed in 2019 unexpectedly. I was allowed to watch her cremation and the funeral home that took care of her was phenomenal.
Sorry for your loss. Stay strong. Holler at me if you ever need to talk 💪🏽
@@KingGogh thanks i appreciate it, and im sorry for you're loss as well. Not a day goes by where i dont miss her but im ok cause i know shes in a better place living her best life. Stay strong my brother peace and blessing to you and the rest of your family.
That's foul AF they're already hurting with their lost loved ones. He threw salt on an open wound.
I don't blame that lady at all!!!!! I'm glad she was allowed to speak her piece and get it out!!!!!! SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT
Justice served
She threatened to punch him! How is that a right? She should be in jail
Outburst in court are completely illegal she should be in jail.
@@mahfugga fool it’s a victim impact statement. The intelligent judge knows it’s a high emotional moment. She needed to speak her mind.
@@mahfugga outbursts in court are not illegal. I graduated from Massachusetts School of Law...where did you get your law degree? This is an opportunity for the victim's voice. It is at the discretion of the court to allow or not allow these opportunities for redress.
This woman needs deep healing. My heart is broken for her. That’s an extreme amount of suffering flowing out of her.
She is just acting. She wants to be in Hollywood and get free money. The people was already dead and gone.
Her hate is just as evil in Gods eyes as his crimes.
@@jaywillzxrp2691 I was thinking the same thing. To hate his family and wish evil upon them is evil itself. My nephew was murdered but I would never wish harm upon the murderer’s family. I’ll pray for the lady that she seeks forgiveness.
As for the guy. He needs Christ as well.
Try to control emotions in public.
@@pghmoore I was molested as a child, almost murdered by my cousin and police. I will forgive unconditionally since the lord forgave me. I actually have learned to love to forgive. God did a great work in my heart. I have no left over trauma, am completely at peace resting in my King Jesus.
This is heartbreaking. God heal the hearts of the hurting.
Honestly mishandling an already dead body isn't the worst crime a human can do, yet these kinds of crimes get more time than serious crimes such as assault, abuse, and sometimes murder of living people.
Yeah. The national miseducation about death and the afterlife generates the emotions that push the legal system out of focus with punishment fitting the crime. It should be a civil and not a criminal matter in the first place IMO.
Sounds like you have never grieved for a loved one
You might not care about your deceased family but some people do🤔
Operating an unlicensed business is a serious crime. If he was an unlicensed accountant, mishandled clients' money, and caused severe emotional stress, he would be facing 11 years, as well.
A funeral is the final act of love we can show to those we care about. It helps us grieve.
This guy took that away from them forever.
Funerals aren't for the dead they're for the living the dead know nothing about their funeral
better to just get a humble pine box wrap the body and place it in the forest. we’re not doing anything for our loved once’s sealing them in concrete and metal and pumping them full of formaldehyde except hurting our own world. we bury enough metal to rebuild the golden gate bridge every year - metal used in coffins
When im dead just throw my body nude in a wooded area and let me return the energy I took while alive back to the earth.
Only because most are mistreated while alive
I think that the people are overreacting he might have actually been taking good care of them you never know
When someone dies you want to remember them as peaceful as you can, not when a horrific dismemberment or mutilation or decay occurred. That's the point of paying for preservation. It's hard enough seeing a loved one that has died from a terminal illness that took affect and they no longer look the same. The embalming at least helps bring some normalcy back to them if the family doesn't opt for cremation. It's traumatizing. Some people lack compassion now and it's insane how desensitized we have become. That's Scary.
19yrs brother for died xmas eve. 1999
@@112chapters3 I'm sorry
@@meezeeneezee7655 its good to be alive. You are no one when you are dead.
The good go young.
Love
Thanks for the explanation
That u I was like what's this about
This lady speaks of praying and wishing him the worse what's that. Pray for your self.
Exactly He is forgiven
Matthew 6:14-15 NLT
[14] “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. [15] But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
I understand she is mad, but never use prayer against someone like that. You don't pray for someone life to be miserable. Hopefully she finds peace
To disrespect the dead is the lowest a human can do. They can no longer speak of injustices done to them, some are left in the hands of evil.
The dead are dead; their bodies feel nothing. Any harm or disrespect levied affects the living, mainly their surviving loved ones.
I'd say disrespecting the living is way worse that the dead lol. You seem kinda stupid
Let the dead bury the dead - Jesus
it’s a lot worse to disrespect the living
"Let the dead bury the dead - Jesus"
re.:
how was he laid to rest, considering he was never buried?
The 2nd impact statement when she stated she is a mental health therapist and she can’t get her own mental health in order, literally broke my heart and I can relate to that statement being a counselor myself we sometimes surpress our own anger and hurt and it’s not a good place to reside when your tryin got help others through their grief…. I pray for the affected families 😔🥺
She's hurt bad for sure. She'll calm down and time will scar it up. What works for my anger is boxing. Nothing better to let out that aggression. A couple of good shots to the noggin doesn't hurt the soul either :)
My heart is breaking for these dear families. What an evil thing to do.
I’ve been a psychiatric nurse for 15yrs and that hit home for me too.
Dang, that destroyed everything she was trained to do. That's what happens when evil lurks around.
I am still a bit confused they want him to spend 45 years in jail because he ran a business without a license? Why are the families so upset about what exactly did he do..?
you probably should look at more videos from the trial. what he did to their loved ones are horrible.
@@RoseNZieg This is my first time seeing this myself. So what did he do?
He ran a fake funeral homes, and people would pay him. He had a storage where the bodies were kept. When he cremated the bodies, people did not receive their loved ones ashes. It was strangers ashes they got instead. @@teep2056
It sounded like he disrespected or didn't properly prepare the remains but I'd like more clarity too.
@@teep2056the lady in this video is upset because they were expected to bury their loved one. Somehow after the burial, their loved one’s body was found in the funeral in a bad state of decomposition. And I believe she saw it. So she’s traumatized, and was lied to that they buried a casket with no body inside
How do I see the full courtroom video?
No remorse whatsoever in his mind beyond that he got caught.
He knew exactly what he was doing to the people who trusted him to care for their relatives.
Their dead. Why we trippin?
@@Filthy_Larry lol
@@Filthy_Larry Ok so you'd be ok with your grandma being taken to the cemetery in a U-haul & dumped in same hole with 2 other people?
@@Filthy_Larry fr fr 🤷
@@Filthy_Larry yo last name is Ruiz go back to Mexico… u a illegal immigrant 😂
I hate that these families are going through this and killing themselves with anger over him I hope they find peace sooner rather than later because it's gonna tear her apart. All of the families should hold a beautiful memorial service together for all the passed loved ones affected.
That's a nice idea ❤
yeah the grief lasts but i hope they can obtain peace
That is a beautiful idea, and certainly one that would facilitate HEALING. ❤️🩹
They are taking out the loss of their loved ones on him. He didn’t kill your son lady. He didn’t kill your sister. This obsession with the dead is ridiculous and has nothing to do with what he did
@@pedrodurty47 i agree people take funerals and dead bodies too expensive, it’s got to be traumatic tho. imagine your loved one just died then you see them rotting with maggots coming out of their mouth or found out the place you hired to handle the remains was entirely negligent and their remains were rotting somewhere instead of correctly handled. just like sticking needles in a fresh wound instead of putting on a healing patch.
I do acknowledge his handling of loved ones as horrible acts. May he learn from this matter. But what's so troubling to me is the anger and bitterness over corpses. You have kids and etc living with heinous acts did to them yet offenders get a slap on the wrist. Judgement is precedent in America with this corrupt judicial system.
That corpse was someone's loved one, jackass.
I thought was me alone. Your comment is my exact thought. It shows you that constitutions need to be revised.
Smh ppl are so persuaded nowadays tbh like how you disrespect the dead more than the living but the ones who were done wrong in real life dosent get true justice
What??? So they shouldn't care about their loved ones cause children are being abused? How does that make sense?
I was thinking the same thing.
45 years for mishandling a dead body is crazy! People are so weak and we don’t see that for actual murder.
Agreed 😮
The fact he had the audacity to show up in a suit like that says it all.
You are delusional
Exactly Elizabeth! Listening to him talk, he still does not believe he did anything wrong! The suit says all we need to know. He's a narcissist.
Greed money. 😡
It wouldn't matter what clothes he's wareing
@@teresadvorak6145 Nice grammar. You finish your job of cleaning toilets yet?
The entire funeral industry should be closely scrutinized!!!
There should be national standards and some sort of reporting system put in place.
Self-regulation leaves a lot to be desired, and it doesn't work.
It didn't work for my son
@@tracker5849:
Sorry for your lose.
If there were just a few elected officials concerned with the people's welfare,
these sort of nightmares would not happen.
The funeral industry seems to be an unregulated, free wheeling,
all-cash enterprise,
somewhat like the 'religion' industry.
Seems like it would be an excellent system for money-laundering!!!
@@johnsonhunglo1993 thank you. Yes I'm unhappy at the sketchy lack of service and care my son recieved. At the so called viewing he didn't even have a shirt on...they "loaned" him one and said it would be removed after everyone left. The viewing was in a metal shed...next to the chapel!!!!! HE didn't even have a coffin!!!!!!! He was laying on a bare metal..steel.. gurney!!!!!! He was covered with a cheap walmart fake quilt...They said because he would be cremated within the hour. :( it was HORRIBLE!!!!!! I feel like he was treated like a nameless homeless person then disposed of like last week's garbage!!!! Sorry..didn't mean to rant...it's hard losing my son and him not even shown respect!!!! Not even a blanket to lay on. I know..he didn't know the difference....BUT I DO!!!! R.I.P. CAPTAIN JACOB.....I LOVE YOU AND WE ALL MISS YOU...YOUR BROTHERS ARE DEVASTATED
there is
They got what they paid for . Trying to skimp on the insurance money
12 years for an unlicensed business sounds really harsh.. overreaction. 6 months community service.
Exactly they over punished him for sure
He should get life. All the workers should get 10 plus years
Unlicensed funeral home?? My god I can feel this woman’s pain
They chose him not his fault, he didn’t kill them
No it wasn't jus an unlicensed funeral home... he mishandled ppl loved ones remains amongst other foul stuff... the news jus did a terrible job elaborating everything... there were 31 counts all together I believe
@@pettytilltheend9641 What “foul” stuff??
@@UpintheAir457 he should've chosen another career path if he wasn't going to do this job legally.
@@a.h.2667 legally man stop it! Only became legal or illegal in the last 70 yrs, before u needed no license to dispose of the dead.. Now what!cemetary act 251 act of 1968!!! Word
I feel so sorry for these families. What happened to them and their loved ones is horrible.
Amen Amen. SAME HERE.BUt We All Serve A mighty Good God In.Jèsus Name Amen & Amighty Glory Glory HalleluJah & HalleluJah Thank you Jesus & THANK you Jesus.
They all got buried the guy is just not licensed so yea feel bad that he has no license what a bummer
@@yvonneedwards3245 you serve... Others do not.
Including the ones that fell victim to COVID-19.
@@johnmartinez7758 bra he abused the bodies of the dead, did you watch the vide? her sister was in the funeral home for months. Your a weirdo you probably fk dead bodies too. That’s why you defending him.
How do you pray for evil to happen to someone....
The love of money is the root of all evil...
And this is despicable
He had one job, and couldn’t do that correctly. No compassion for these family’s. It’s sickening
Oh not true they were going to sell this man's skin by the foot
He didn’t actually have that job. An imposter.
He wasn’t licensed to do the job.
He conned these families. He made profit from these families grief. You have to be a cold blooded heartless soul to do this to people.
MAGA BOSS
Yet all funeral homes make a profit from the grief of families.
@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 very true. My mother in laws funeral, casket , plot and headstone total was over $15, 000 dollars but half of the plot and headstone are for my father in law. But we found out it will be close to $4,000 for casket, intering and modifying the headstone with his information.
It's a once in a lifetime moment
You sure do
Can't she act like a normal human being without screaming and yelling. She should have been arrested and sentenced for contempt of court.
Prayers for the families🙏
Ownership is a skill! Some will never admit responsibility. These people were already filled with grief. Now it's grief on top of anger. I hope everyone affected by this find some sense of closer so that they may be able to move on
The love for money is a scary thing, people would go out of their way to Get it.
Its a shame.
a persons body after death isn't that person anymore. this body is meant to decompose and return back to Earth.
2:44 that's a man whose only regret is that he can't gaslight or curse them out for speaking against him
What a despicable human being. It makes my stomach turn, and my heart aches for those families affected by his actions.
😢
Right? I. Felt ber anger what. Scummy man
I have a feeling he will get some Prison justice next ,
No appeal
@@jimthomas7251 guess you never been to prison. He won't get touched
@@sincityraised702 , never been in Prison but he got 12 years avoid it ,
But Shank you
Shank you very much
Horrible. This happened by where I live and I remember seeing this on the news and thinking “what a final spit in the face to those people and their families”. Disgusting. I hope they can all find peace even though this would be unimaginable to go thru
❤️❤️
I watched the trial, he got what he deserved
What did he do?
They never said.
@@Rich-yj4ub he did not handle their loved one's bodies properly and in some cases did not prepare or send the bodies to the funerals. As the one lady in court stated, she never had her sister back for burial until a month after and her sister was in a box.
@@Rich-yj4ub he mishandled remains and was running an illegitimate funeral home/funeral services
She's an adult that needs some self control inspite of her heartache. Dude didn't commit a murder of her loved one. The judge did hella better than me with handling all of that screaming and hollering because I would've had her escorted from the courtroom.
I DEFINITELY DONT AGREE WITH ALL THAT SHE SAID .. CANT HAVE ALL THAT HATE IN YOUR HEART ... EVERYTHING YOU WISHED UP ON OTHER WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK AND HUNT YOU ONE WAY OR ANOTHER .. BEST TO FORGIVE AND MOVE ON ...
So true
@@javiertabora3547 Like why wish that upon his whole family
@@MikeBonesJones450 IVE ALWAYS HAD A MIND SET OF ... THOSE THAT DID ME WRONG AND BY ALL MEANS IVE NEVER BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF POSITION BUT I KNOW DEEP IN MY HEAR ITS IN ME TO FORGIVE AND LET GOD BE GOD THE VENGEANCE IS ALL HIS .
@@javiertabora3547 Right
Wtf was this guy thinking of running a funeral home without a license smh
As if the pain of losing a loved-one wasn’t enough, those poor families had to endure this too. I’m grateful that I had a good funeral home to use for the family members I’ve had to lay to rest. A good funeral home makes the experience easier, not harder.
Read and research....people don't think anymore....they just do
THANK GOD MY FAMILY AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING AS HORRIBLE AS THIS WITH MY MOM!!! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT UNDER THE JAIL!!!🤬🤬🤬😤😤😤
@@nettethomas866 👋
@@nettethomas866 facts
These poor people, their last memories of their loved ones are completely tarnished with foulness. Horrible that this happened, prayers for every one of you. I’m sorry this happened
That is so heartbreaking. Those families are dealing with the grief of losing their loved one's, now that grief has been compounded even more with that man's total disregard for the deceased. He showed no regard for the families having to bury their loved one.
Thanks for the clarification.
This dude is evil. His statements were dismissive, you can tell he doesn't care. If I was in his shoes, I'd be crying and ashamed of what I did. There's no way you can hear her pain and not feel anything
He definitely should have been given more than 12 years.
This lady’s gonna have a heart attack
NO WE PRAY & CLAIM IN THE NAME OF JESUS SHE DOES NOT 🤎🙏🏾
It's best to release build up anger!
I can relate to how she feels, you get so upset until you can’t breathe. I agree though I had to calm myself down because I didn’t want to have a heart attack or be 302ed
@@whitlock1988 302ed?
@@yagerr4279 it’s when they 302 you and commit you to a mental facility from grieving so much, or having a nervous break down. I remember my cousin was on drugs and her kids father had her committed, she was going around talking illogically.
More than anything I appreciate how those two officers treated that lady. She was angry, and justifiably so, but they didn't escalate it and they didn't attempt to truly stop it, just making sure she didn't make a split second decision to beat down this man in court and make sure the tissue box was there and ready for her when she finished.
That's how all officers should be.
That's not enough time! He should've got 5 years per charge if not more...this is beyond horrible!
So what. What does it matter if your buried or in a fridge? People acted like he killed there loved ones. Get over it people.. dead is dead ain't no coming back. He didn't kill no one
I pray for healing for this woman and all the families involved. This is disgusting and vile. This woman is going to make herself sick with the hate she’s carrying for him whether you understand it or not. The pain she spoke with is living inside of her and that is not good! It’s poisoning her, which is just as devastating as what this man already perpetrated on her and her family. I pray for her healing bcuz as much pain as she’s in has become just as much of a prison as he’s in, and that’s so sad and unfortunate. I know her son wouldn’t want that for her. This man’s actions have also robbed her of her life.
I agree
Right
You said it .
Well said!
@J P 💯
So...he collected monies for services that weren't rendered? Sheesh...this is something that can't be undone. Life insurance policies probably won't pay twice for a burial service. This is horrible. My condolences to the victims and families.
The money is the least of the heinous issue. Imagine discovering your loved ones body in a funeral home a month later not properly stored and that last way you see them is imprinted in your memory now. It's like being haunted.
12 years is crazy tho
@@BS-mk6fg what would you suggest?
Is that what happened? The video didn't go into any detail. I'm GUESSING he took the money and was just planning on dumping them in the town dump? Obviously he had to get rid of the bodies.
Ok, I just read two stories to get a better idea of what happened. From what I can gather:
1. He applied for a license to run funeral services back in 2014 and was denied
2. He ran one anyway, using his connections as a pastor to actual funeral homes and stealing their passcodes to log in to the system and issue death certificates
3. The authorities were eventually alerted because a driver who delivered a body to three church (where he was storing the bodies) noticed he wasn't taking proper storage procedures
4. When caught, they found 89 bodies in the church
Things I still don't understand
1. If he had that many bodies not stored properly for over a month in a church, how did no one smell the rotting bodies?
2. What did he finally do with the bodies? Clearly they couldn't stay in the church forever.
I'm going to guess that he either threw them in the town dump or something like that. Still not sure how you do that without someone noticing.
The black female officer understood her pain. She was looking right into her soul
I've worked in the funeral business for over 13 years, if there's corruption involved with a funeral home, you can automatically guarantee that they probably did vile things to the female corpses that they were hired to take care of as well. When i first started years ago, there wasn't a single time where handlers didn't take at least 30 seconds to grab and feel all over their private parts prior to embalming the body. It made me extremely angry to know that my own mother will eventually be defiled as well when her time comes. There's really nothing you can do considering that there are no laws in place to make cameras mandatory in every room of a funeral home,
Look at the emotion in that female officers eyes.
She can feel the pain.
His family has the nerve to help him get off lighter when he didn't even get near the amount of time he should have? He took advantage of these poor families at their darkest hour. How evil can someone be?
Greed, the Ole mighty dollar. Horrible.
@@robinlaniertomlinson5373 So true. Its a sin what people will do to get it instead of earning it honestly.
A woman got 6 months in jail for molesting a 10 year old boy for 3 years. He's a living child, so who cares about the dead. Not even God
Are you crazy? This guy was over punished. He’s a black business owner and he’s being punished for that. Do you understand some murderers don’t even get that much time
@@blackway643 I will second that there's no way he should have gotten 12 years some people on here are just pure 🤡s
I don't understand.. what did he do?
Five minutes into this video and I still don't know what the crime is.
Me too😅
I truly hope these families can find healing and peace. That poor woman screeching got me.😪
Do you even know what's happening? She just wished evil onto his family and his future over what? Wild.
@Chuck Deuces do you even know too whats happening??
She was being a drama queen
@@chuckdeuces911 for mishandling the remains of their relatives.
@@chuckdeuces911 Sounds like you don't understand what is happening. 🙄
That poor woman who had to see her sister in such a way. My god. My heart sank into the pit of my stomach. I hope she can get past this. I hope they all can. My thoughts are with you all.😪🙏
I totally agree with you. It's so, so very sad.
AMEN💯
I didn’t realize the first women said her son! Like could only imagine their pain
Omg I’m so so sorry . So much love and prayers I lost both my parents recently. I can’t imangine😢😢😢😢
I am crying. Praying for the families 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I started crying for the pain that sweet woman went through!!He said he was sorry for doing wrong professionaly,when he was unlicensed
Go cry some more
Exactly 💯
What a low life. He’s the worst.
Such disrespect to treat deceased loved ones like he did.
My heart breaks for the family members.💔
I know the funeral home was not licensed but... what did he do to make the Families mad
I am a mortician myself I can imagine how the family or feeling me and my family we own three funeral homes and we would never treat no one loved one like that and we've been in business for over 50 years that's a shame he should get way more time in that they never got the chance to see their loved ones and pay the properly respect that they deserve that's a shame for help me God
Every one of his excuses could’ve been solved If he just had some integrity and actually went and got the education and certifications needed to do this job legally.
Right??
Could be true but I wonder if that would have changed his mindset. A lot of times a person is who they are.
@@alexism.7712 that is why I first stated “integrity”. Occupations that service people in these type of capacities, having a moral compass is necessary to carry out this service. He lacks that virtue.
I have the feeling he knew the business but cut corners..thinking no one would discover what he was doing
Greed! It is a common motivator of murder- theft- deception- impersonation- ect. He was a very disgusting man.
This is horrific. How do you prey on people who are grieving the loss of a loved one. He should have gotten longer.
Isn't that how it works?
That's the business model of funeral homes, legitimate or not.
@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 Legitimate funeral services don't all qualify as preying on their clients though.
12 years for what you're insane
@@trenton9 obviously you've never seen the exorbitant costs of a funeral.
They reporters did a very poor job at explaining to the audience what exactly this man had done.
People in the court room seems to be afraid of her victims are NEVER protected
I can’t even imagine the heartache of the families. My prayers go to the families.
He didn’t kill nobody.. the sentence is too extreme
@@Gerry363c I hope you have that same belief when it happens too you smh
0:08 - you can TRULY SEE that the woman deputy here feels exactly what she is saying 💔
We all did. First she loses her son and then this scumbag desicrates his body and God only knows what else , how much more can this mother take? My heart goes out to her. 💜🫂
Usually the court officers have faces which don't show any emotion when victim impact statements are being read. However, the extremeness of this case just showed how the lady truly empathized with the victim. It was tense to watch this.
I feel her pain but I think she should do some jail time for threatening to punch him that's against the law
@@dylantedlock9481 lmao jail time for her statement? Something is wrong with you.
@@dylantedlock9481 lol fool what.... yall say anything
Lady gonna give herself a heart attack with all that yelling
I’m so tired of these so called judges not penalizing properly to meet the level of severity in these heinous crimes. There is no benefit ti him walking around free, and he should have been sentenced to 25-30 years.
This man name Shaun is evil, a narcissist and he has no remorse to what he did to these families 😢
No should he. These charges are bogus and to think they wanted to put him away for life all for toying with some dead bodies. Doesn’t seem right. Also the lady in the beginning needs to be put down.
They dead though
Oh you know him?
So what? Body in the ground or in a office makes no difference. Your just paying for a party.
@@gotyoutriggered.3325 yup. A party where everyone else is miserable and you the funeral director are seeing dollar signs.
I may be wrong but isn't that over the top over a dead body? The dead person knows nothing. The surviving family hasn't lost anymore than they had already.
It is so sad to see the pain this Mother is going through.I am crying listening to her.God help her family,. Please in your precious name Amen What have we become ?When a life means nothing.
I can’t imagine seeing my loved one in that state, I know they can’t sleep at night after seeing their loved one decomposed like that … I’ll hold them in my prayers 🙏🏾🙏🏾 and may that image haunt him everyday of his life.
He didn't kill anyone
He didn't commit violence
He'd didn't sell drugs or commit fraud
Yet he gets 12 years
That's criminal
😂
Exactly I agree 💯 percent
Punishment does not fit the crime. Murders do less time. Appeal, appeal
An unlicensed funeral home? 12 years? Who did he really hurt who was already dead. Why is this lady so dead over a dead body? Truly, I don't understand fully. Waste of taxpayer dollars put in jail for 12 years for funeral home license. Surely, something else could have happened as punishment. What did the families go through?
Knowing what he’s done, hearing the Victim Impact Statements, and watching him sit there with NO remorse…he should’ve gotten the amount of time that the Prosecutors asked for.
He’s NO man of GOD, otherwise, he wouldn’t have done these things. He was driven by greed NOT compassion.
Exactly!! To buy those nice suits and drive fancy cars.
God doesn't deal in the dead. Rev Porkchop not teaching the people anything on Sunday.
Yes but she deserves jail time as well for threatening to punch him although yes he does deserve 11 years
I know. Im very upset . He's evil but he will get his. I pray for the family to get peace if its possible. I would be furious!
@@mitzithompson6585 He may be evil but the things that lady let come out her mouth puts her right there with him,I'm so tired of our women acting like this. The second woman expressed herself respectfully without wishing harm on another person and their family. It's power in the tongue and hearing those words takes me back to when I grew up around bw who speak that way to their children/husband's or any man who hurts them. Maybe pray she heals because to able to say such words I don't think its only coming from that situation,she makes it hard to even empathize with her. I just feel sorry for her dead loved one. I'm not denying what he did was wrong but I saw a possessed demon up there.
Only those of whom have lost a child and seen their body can truly understand this poor Lady's reaction. I did exactly what she did and more. You don't get tell people how to grieve or how to express that grief.
I lost my son and I also feel the same way. All I could do at times is scream
@@christyjack6252 Yes! Me as well. Sometimes, that's all you have...
My heart breaks for both of you. I'm so sorry for both if your losses.
@@Ria-sd2ex thank you
Cheap labor. Compared to the compition. This is about paying good money for a peace of mind, Not grieving. They paid less. Looking for less expensive services brought them here.
So if he had a license, then all those people would still be alive??
Praying for the families 🙏🏽❤🙏🏽
OMG. Hearing that mother's pain had me in tears.
A little over the top I would say !!!! But yes I agree !!!
she doin to much
She sound evil
@@davidgribble263 over the top maybe to you I would have gotten past those police and kicked him I'm the Adam's apple
I thought I was the only one thinking she was doing too much
That poor lady, I feel so bad for her. It hurts bad enough to lose a precious loved one let alone have to go thru something like this. I recently lost my precious youngest daughter in May, it was hard enough just to have to bury her I can't imagine going thru this. Thankfully we have a good funeral home. My family has used them for many year's. Bless all these dear people. I pray they find peace soon. So very sad. Breaks my heart for them.
So sorry for your loss.
He should have gotten more time
My heart hurt for her it just broke me
@@gabrielleelliott500 Yes it's so sad. Breaks my heart.
I understand this women’s PAIN!!! 😢some sick humans just don’t have no respect for nobody nowadays!
So who was paid off for 12 years? Huh?
I felt the raw emotion expressed by one of his victims. But I appreciated the compassion I saw in the eyes of those deputies who had to restrain that poor woman. I can’t help but wish this man could have received a dose of act-right via street justice before he went off to prison.