Texas funeral home stabbing leads to grim discovery of 10 decaying bodies: ‘Smells like rotten blood’

A Texas ceremonial location is nether investigation aft a worker allegedly stabbed a customer — starring authorities to observe 10 decaying bodies, including immoderate reportedly covered successful gnats.

The disturbing find was made Friday erstwhile constabulary responded to Richardson Mortuary successful Houston pursuing reports that a ceremonial location worker attacked a customer who began filming bodies, ABC13 reported.

The victim’s sister, Tamara McGruder, said she and her relative had gone to nan mortuary to cheque connected their mother.

“I opened up nan casket, and she had gnats successful her face,” Tamara McGruder told nan outlet.

Grim video captured by McGruder and her relative showed nan conditions, pinch bodies haphazardly splayed connected tables and gurneys. Some were wrapped successful integrative while others were near partially uncovered.

McGruder said location was besides nary aerial conditioning.

“It’s bodies successful caskets, boxes, integrative bags. It’s nary A/C, it’s gnats. It smells for illustration rotten blood,” she said.

The unidentified ceremonial worker told nan family to leave, but erstwhile they refused, nan worker stabbed McGruder’s brother, she recounted to nan outlet.

The coiled was insignificant and he was capable to thrust himself to nan hospital, according to cops.

Since nan fishy claimed self-defense, charges were not revenge against them for nan stabbing.

After a video of nan bodies began circulating connected societal media, different families recognized their loved ones.

Murita Brown recognized her grandmother, Bonnie Ashley, who was expected to beryllium cremated past month, successful nan footage.

“I saw a woman successful purple successful nan aforesaid suit arsenic my grandma truthful I said, Wait a minute, that look for illustration my expansive momma,” Murita Brown said.

“This was March nan 21st and she was expected to beryllium cremated already and we been waiting connected her ashes and thing having been happening,” she said.

Demtrious Riley-Sylvester told Fox 26 she besides believed her relative had already been cremated, only to observe his assemblage successful nan video.

“It’s for illustration immoderate trash aliases a dog. Just propulsion him distant for illustration he’s trash, and she had maine believing. We were conscionable waiting connected them to bring nan ashes,” she said.

Scott Bingaman, executive of nan Texas Funeral Service Commission, said his agency was made alert of nan videos Friday day and contacted constabulary — though he expressed to ABC13 it was not uncommon for ceremonial homes to person bodies connected tables.

Bingaman sent an inspector to analyse nan reports of insect infestations and deficiency of aerial conditioning.

Harris County Precinct 7 Constable Smokie Phillips told ABC13 that nan bodies had been transferred to different ceremonial homes pinch refrigerated rooms.

The proprietor could look criminal charges.

“You could look astatine maltreatment of corpse, things of that nature, but we’ll cognize much arsenic we spell done it,” Capt. Jim Dale pinch nan Houston Police Department told nan outlet.

Richardson Mortuary did not instantly respond to The Post’s petition for comment.