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MAPLEWOOD,Minn.(AP)—Minnesota health officials have shut down a suburban Twin Cities funeral home accused of
letting bodies decompose.
The state Department of Health issued a cease and desist order after it conducted a random inspection last month at Maple
Oaks Funeral Home.The Maplewood business was also cited for missing records.
Health officials say inspectors found unsanitary conditions and decomposing bodies in the embalming room.A lawyer for
the funeral home,Michael Sharkey,says the bodies belonged to members of the Hmong community and that the mourning
period can last weeks.
Sharkey tells KSTP-N(http://bit.ly/1 RSymsj)that Maple Oaks'owners said they were assisting other funeral home
directors by holding the bodies at their facility.
He says they plan to meet with state health officials soon to resolve the matter.