Fifty-six people's remains were found stored wrongly at a Chicago funeral home. The home is run by a couple who used to run a crematory that was shut down for similar reasons.

State officials stopped one of the funeral home's directors from working. They said bodies were kept in a hot area in very bad conditions.

People in the area had been noticing a bad smell coming from the funeral home for months. This led some to complain to the city.

The medical examiner's office was told that bodies were being stored wrongly. Investigators were sent to the funeral home. The bodies were in different states of decay.

Staff are checking the bodies and looking for documents to identify them. This will take a few days to make sure everything is done correctly.

The police said they made a mistake in their first statement about the case. They said the fire department did not declare the scene a hazardous materials incident.

No one has been arrested, but the police are investigating.

The funeral home was called and messaged through its website, but no one answered.

Later, some people gathered in front of the funeral home. They were looking for information about their loved ones.

A woman named Latasha Johnson said her mother's funeral was at the funeral home. She found out about the bad discovery later. The authorities told her she would have to identify her mother's body.

Latasha said she was very upset. Her heart was broken.

A community advocate named Blaise said it was sad that people had been complaining about the smell for months before the bodies were found.

State records show that the funeral director, Johanna Morgan, started the funeral home in 2022. Her licence was stopped on Wednesday.

The state said Johanna's licence was stopped because she let many bodies decay in a hot area with rodents and maggots.

The state records also show that Clark Morgan, Johanna's husband, is the president of the funeral home. His funeral director licence was taken away in 2024.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Johanna and Clark used to run a crematory in Chicago Heights. It was shut down last year for storing bodies wrongly.

Mendoza said she was horrified by the discovery. She said the people who died deserved better.

Johanna and Clark are listed in court records as defendants in lawsuits about the crematory.

Messages were left for Johanna and Clark, but they did not answer.