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Prosecutor: LA funeral home director left remains to rot

FILE - Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer speaks at a news conference outside Los Angeles City Hall, March 7, 2022. Feuer, whose office can only file misdemeanor offenses, announced charges Friday, April 29, 2022 into a funeral home owner who illegally left the remains of 11 people, including infants, in stages of decay and mummification and faces more than a decade in jail, calling it an "incredibly sad and shocking situation" and said that officials could smell the odor from outside the San Fernando Valley facility. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

A pedestrian walk past the Mark B. Allen Funeral Home in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles on Friday, April 29, 2022. The Los Angeles funeral home owner illegally left the remains of 11 people, including infants, in stages of decay and mummification and faces more than a decade in jail, prosecutors said Friday. Authorities opened an investigation into the Mark B. Allen Mortuary and Cremations Services Inc., after receiving complaints from families. The mortuary, owned by Mark B. Allen, is now closed and phone numbers listed for the business were disconnected.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Prosecutor: LA funeral home director left remains to rot