PONTIAC, Mich. — The bodies of five people and cremains for 22 others are on their way to a county medical examiner's office after the funeral home sending them to their place of rest was foreclosed on Friday morning.

Pontiac, Mich. Medical Examiner's administrator Robert Gerds said the bank holding the note for the House of Burns Memorial Chapel has been working with his office for a couple of weeks to avoid mishandling of the remains. The 50th District Court in Pontiac scheduled the foreclosure to start at 3 a.m. Friday, he added.

"They can't just push them to the street," Gerds said this morning, referring to the bank. "They're doing the right thing, or they're trying to do the right thing. They're trying to make the best that they can out of this."

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The story behind the story is whether the bank participated with the Funeral Home to take money for funerals that would not take place due to the scheduled foreclosure.

Athough the article on this read one way, the question in my mind is whether the bank and funeral home engaed in fraud.

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