Mass. Funeral Director Chasing Burial Offers.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/ap

A Massachusetts funeral director said Monday he has received burial offers for more than 100 out-of-state graves for the body of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect who was killed in a gun battle with police but none are panning out, even as Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother told him she wants the body returned to Russia.

Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan said none of the 120 grave offers from the U.S. and Canada, have worked out because, when he calls officials of the cities or towns involved, nobody wants the body.

Stefan also said that, despite the request by Tsarnaev's mother, he doesn't think Russia will take the body. He said he made calls to Russia, but that it was hard to get anyone to respond. He said he is working on other arrangements, but declined to be more specific. . .

If Russia refuses to accept the body, Cambridge may be forced to take it, said Wake Forest University professor Tanya Marsh, an expert in U.S. law on the disposal of human remains.

Massachusetts law requires every community to provide a suitable place to bury its residents, she said. Cambridge's appeal to the family not to ask it to bury the body is likely a way to set up its defense if the family goes to court to try to force the burial, Marsh said.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/05/07/us/ap-us-boston-marathon-explosions.html?hp


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[flamingdem]

1. It would be good of the parents to donate the body to science

That way they can take a look at his brain and see if that offers any clues, I'm serious, well mostly!

[Granny M]

2. Actually, that would be sensible

so it ain't gonna happen, most likely.

[kas125]

6. His body might not be suitable for that. I've donated mine and one of the stipulations is that if

I die in some kind of accident and there's too much damage, my body might be rejected as unsuitable for the program.

[AngryOldDem]

10. I think this is the case.

From what I read, he was pretty messed up -- shot, and run over by his brother?

[merrily]

7. My understanding is that whatever is left after "science" finishes is given back to the family.

So, they will still face the issue of what to do with the remains.

[freshwest]

3. Seems like Russia would have to take the body, unless it would become a shrine for terrorist groups.

Russia has had its share of acts of terror killing hundreds in last few decades. If he is buried in the USA, there could be some negative results. Never gave this much thought. I'm wondering where the government put the most famous terrorist in years, Timothy McVeigh...

[elleng]

4. mc veigh

A newly passed Federal Law prohibited McVeigh from being buried in a military cemetery, and no one claimed his body, so it was cremated and given to his lawyer, who scattered the ashes at an undisclosed location.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22747

[freshwest]

14. Oh, wow. Not even his family wanted him. I didn't know that.

[Submariner]

5. That's why we have landfills

Bury him in the town dump. Scum like this and Dick Cheney are made to order for landfills.

[merrily]

8. This funeral home is probably losing business while Tamerlan is there.

[AngryOldDem]

9. This is getting ridiculous.

Two options:

Cremate him and ship his ashes (COD) back to Russia, or dump them in the nearest landfill. Whichever gets the job done. This is looking more and more like the default option, if they can't find anyplace that will take the body.

Find a potter's field and bury him in an unmarked grave. In the dead of night, if necessary.

It is not fair that the funeral home is stuck in the middle here. Right now it should do whatever is most convenient from a purely business standpoint and be done with it. I realize that there are probably a gazillion regulations that it has to follow. But enough is enough. Something has to be done -- they can't keep his worthless, sorry carcass on ice forever. (And there should be some kind of financial compensation to the funeral home for all this bother, as well. Highly doubtful that the family will step up and take on any of the cost.)

[Sunlei]

11. what the heck is wrong with people. Let this family bury their dead.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. Are there still Paupers' Fields in the U.S.?

[freshwest]

22. Last one I saw was in the late nineties. Rural cemetary with space to sell. Little stainless markers

somewhat like the old markers that were put to mark rows of vegetables or trees. Little pieces of paper stuck on them, which the rain would probably wash away.

But ColesCountyDem found his most likely burial place. A man in CT feels the Christian thing to do would be to bury him, since Muslims don't like cremation. He has some private lots he is offering.

Best bet for this, if Russia refuses to allow the body back there. It's too bad for the family to not get him back, but the Russians have very good reasons to deny this.

[ColesCountyDem]

13. He's been offered one by this man...

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2013/05/06/news/doc51886299c9c5d502887874.txt?viewmode=fullstory

[freshwest]

17. Thanks for finding that story.

[ColesCountyDem]

19. You're welcome! n/t

[LiberalFighter]

15. Laws and tradition needs to be changed.

Burial should not be the default for the deceased.

[ColesCountyDem]

16. It isn't.

Under MA law, an UNCLAIMED body can also be cremated, etc., but in this case, the body has been claimed. For religious reasons, burial is the family's preferred choice.

[treestar]

18. What a strange problem

Burial at sea is looking like the best solution.

[ColesCountyDem]

20. Whatever his family decides is the best solution.

It really isn't up to us to say.

[geek tragedy]

21. Three words: Weekend. At. Bernie's. nt