LA Morgue Ignored Veterans Bodies for Over a Year and a Half

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The bodies of 28 veterans at the Los Angeles County Morgue were finally moved Friday for burial to the Riverside National Cemetery. CBS2/KCAL9 pressed the L.A. County Coroner’s Office Thursday to find out why the bodies had not yet received a proper burial after a source indicated there may have been as many as 60 veterans at the morgue for the past year and a half. The morgue says the bodies were unclaimed and they don’t know how long the veterans were there.The law states veterans are supposed to receive a proper burial The Veterans Administration says they were never notified the bodies were processed and ready to be buried…

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