Ohio BCI working to reunite cremated remains with loved ones following investigation

On Mar 4, 2022

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Officials are working to reunite cremated remains with the appropriate family members.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations released a list of names of remains that have not yet been picked up by loved ones. The agency was at Toledo Memorial Park on Thursday to get the remains into the right hands. The Toledo Memorial Park’s President and CEO, Jeff Clegg, said 13abc’s previous coverage of this story helped more than 33 families retrieve the remains of their loved ones.

It comes after authorities served a search warrant at an Akron church in January, finding nearly 90 cremated remains connected to the former Tate funeral home in Toledo. The search was part of an investigation into Shawnte Hardin, a former church pastor, who is facing a series of charges including abuse of a corpse, identity fraud, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, tampering with records, theft, and more.

In an interview with Hardin’s attorney, conducted by our sister station WOIO in Cleveland, Hardin claimed he had been holding the cremated remains for Robert Tate. Tate was a funeral director in Toledo, owner of Tate Funeral Homes, who lost his license in 2015 following an investigation that revealed he had stored bodies improperly. Tate has since died.

The full list of names of the remains that have not yet been picked up as of March 2, 2022 is below.

Joseph Lampkin Jr.
Datakota Martin
Willie Arnette Richardson
Joseph E. White
Alahan Jones
Joseph E. Hunter
McArthur Gray
Deloris Kynard
Emma Floyd
Isac Pirmus
Glenn Whitaker
Alac Walker
Delrae Porreca
Arden Boldwin
Hugo Johnson
Kadron Harris
Linda Sleet
Ronald Johnson
Raymond Campbell
William Bryant
Charlene Mize
Daryl Ballard
Lee Gray Jr.
Walter Wade
Anthony Tyler Reese
Dalenna Reddit
Stanley Graves
Leroy Ray
James Hall
Jennifer Richardson
Larry Hudson
Theresa Jackson
Pauline Spence
Cornelius Rooverson
John Jackson
Theopolis Jordan
Rodney Amason
Mary Henderson
Nancy Massey
Eddie Holman
Thomas Sevrence
Edward Ruffin
Benney Cherko Jr.
Thersa Johnson
Wilson Beard
Glen Jones
Richard Holmes
Darnell Castlin
Nancy Marsh
De’Vannais Petesson Dunovanl
Yuone Mayfield
Sammy Sproull

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