Former Lancaster County funeral director Andrew Scheid found dead, coroner says
Former Lancaster County funeral director Andrew Scheid has been found dead, according to the coroner.
The coroner's office said it responded around 7:15 p.m. Monday to a parking lot in Quarryville and found Scheid in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle.
UPDATE: The coroner's office says that Scheid died of natural causes due to a pulmonary emboli.
A pulmonary emboli is a blockage of one of the main arteries in the lungs.
Scheid recently released from prison
Scheid, 51, was charged in 2020 for not properly handling bodies in his care.
He pleaded guilty in October 2021 to four abuse of a corpse charges and no contest to charges he lied on death certificates.
He was sentenced in November to three to 12 months in prison, followed by house arrest.
The district attorney's office says Scheid was released from prison Feb. 13.
News release
The coroner's office provided the following news release about the death:
"The Lancaster County Coroner's Office responded to the parking lot of a store in Quarryville Borough. A male in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle was pronounced deceased by a deputy coroner. The male was identified as 51-year-old former funeral director Andrew Scheid. A scene investigation yielded no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. An autopsy was performed and the death was determined to be a result of a natural cause."
