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Police are investigating Jeffersonville funeral home

Police are investigating Jeffersonville funeral home
BREAKING NEWS. GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKY GEORGE WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA FOR SEVERAL HOURS POLICE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS AT A FUNERAL HOME IN JEFFERSONVILLE. THIS IS AT LANKFORD FUNERAL HOME AND FAMILY CENTER ON MIDDLE ROAD. GLADYS BATISTA JOINS US LIVE FROM JEFFERSONVILLE GLADYS. SHE SPOKE TO SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME. WHAT DID SHE SAY? WELL VICKI THAT WOMAN SAYS THAT SHE HEARD THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING ON AT THIS FUNERAL HOME. SO SHE CAME BY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE BECAUSE SHE SAYS SHE HADN’T EXPERIENCE WITH THE FUNERAL HOME THAT SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE HERE. I’M GONNA STEP OUT OF THE WAY JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON BEHIND ME. NOW WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE HERE QUOTE INVESTIGATING CONDITIONS AT THE BUSINESS. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN EXACTLY WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE. CAN TELL YOU OVER A DOZEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE HERE FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING JEFFERSONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND JEFFERSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE’VE ALSO SEEN PEOPLE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO WEREN’T ABLE TO ELABORATE ON WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE. BUT AGAIN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REFRIGERATION TRUCK ARRIVED TO YOU ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES WE’VE SEEN FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE WOULD APPEARS TO BE A STAGING TRUCK PUTTING ON YELLOW HAZMAT SUITS AND HEADING INTO THE BUSINESS NOW YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM THERE IN THOSE YELLOW SUITS AT THE BACK OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REFRIGERATION TRUCK? WE SPOKE TO A WOMAN WHO ARRIVED HERE AT THE SCENE WHO SAYS SHE CAME TO CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE SHE HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE FUNERAL HOME WHEN SHE CAME TO PICK UP HER SISTER’S ASHES THAT SHE SAYS SHE NEVER FORGET. I MEAN I WAS SHOCKED AT FIRST, BUT THEN I GO BACK TO WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN THERE. I KIND OF FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SKETCHY PLACE. ANYWAY, IT JUST DIDN’T SEEM LIKE A LIKE A PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL HOME WHEN I WALKED IN. NOW AGAIN, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN WHAT EXACTLY THOSE CONDITIONS ARE. THAT OFFICIALS ARE HERE CHECKING OUT AT THIS BUSINESS. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN HERE WORKING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THIS REFRIGERATION TRUCK FIREFIGHTERS AND YELLOW HAZMAT SUITS WALKING IN AND OUT OF THIS BUSINESS THAT REFRIGERATOR TRUCK WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REFRIGERATOR TRUCK GOT HERE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES THOSE FIREFIGHTERS AND THOSE YELLOW HAZMAT SUITS HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS BUSINESS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON GETTING YOU GUYS MORE INFORMATION AND WE’LL UPDATE YOU ON THE WEB AND ON OUR FREE WLKY MOBILE APP FOR NOW. WE’RE LIVE IN JEFFERSONVILLE FOR YO
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Police are investigating Jeffersonville funeral home
Police spent several hours investigating a Jeffersonville, Indiana, funeral home.Friday evening, authorities say they secured Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center on the 3100 block of Middle Road.Police say they are investigating conditions at the business. Several law enforcement and regulatory agencies are working together for this investigation at this time.Along with Jeffersonville Police Detective Division, there are the Clark County Coroner's Office, Emergency Management, Health Department, Prosecutor's Office, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Officials could be seen working in yellow hazmat suits. This made for quite a sight for nearby residents and those who've use the funeral home's services. "I mean I was shocked at first but then I go back to when I first walked in there and kinda felt that it was a little bit of a sketchy place anyway. it just didn't seem like a professional funeral home when I walked in, " said Shannon Thompson.The investigation is still ongoing.

Police spent several hours investigating a Jeffersonville, Indiana, funeral home.

Friday evening, authorities say they secured Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center on the 3100 block of Middle Road.

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Police say they are investigating conditions at the business.

Several law enforcement and regulatory agencies are working together for this investigation at this time.

Along with Jeffersonville Police Detective Division, there are the Clark County Coroner's Office, Emergency Management, Health Department, Prosecutor's Office, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

Officials could be seen working in yellow hazmat suits.

This made for quite a sight for nearby residents and those who've use the funeral home's services.

"I mean I was shocked at first but then I go back to when I first walked in there and kinda felt that it was a little bit of a sketchy place anyway. it just didn't seem like a professional funeral home when I walked in, " said Shannon Thompson.

The investigation is still ongoing.