Scientists have pinpointed a new source of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that's more potent than carbon dioxide. The culprit? Tiny bits of decomposing leaves in soil. Michigan State University ...

COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia funeral homeowner faces more than a dozen charges after 18 decomposing bodies were found. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 39-year-old Chris Johnson on ...

An Indiana funeral director pleaded guilty Friday to dozens of counts of felony theft after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found at his funeral home last year, court records show. Randy ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man whose wife’s body was found decomposing and wrapped in plastic inside their south Bexar County home worked for a San Antonio-area school district. A spokesperson for the ...

MILWAUKEE (WDJT) - Police are searching for a Wisconsin father who is facing charges related to his 12-year-old son’s death from starvation. Romuan Moye, a father of four, is facing three counts of ...

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A grieving family have spoken of their “gut-wrenching pain” after learning a loved-one was among 18 decomposing bodies found by police at a funeral home in the US. Johnson Funeral Home in Douglas was ...

Establishing a precise time of death (the postmortem interval, or PMI) upon discovery of a corpse is notoriously challenging, however easy fictional medical examiners might make it seem. Some forensic ...

Colorado state inspectors discovered roughly 20 decomposing bodies stashed in a hidden room of a funeral home manned by a county coroner, according to authorities. The corpses were found on Wednesday ...

PUEBLO — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Pueblo Police Department and the FBI converged at a funeral home co-owned by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris, on Thursday after ...