WAPT 04-03-2008 10PM

WAPT

APR 3 2008 10:00PM CT Captioned

TONIGHTS LEAD STORY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS HUMAN BONES WERE FOUND IN A DUMPSTER OUTSIDE OF A JACKSON CREMATORIUM. I'M SCOTT SIMMONS. AND I'M JOYCE BREWER. THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST WEEK AS INVESTIGATORS WENT THROUGH A DUMPSTER OUTSIDE OF MARK SEEPE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM. THAT INVESTIGATION CAME AFTER PHOTOS OF HUMAN BONES INSIDE THE CREMATORIUM SURFACED. THE AG IS NOW FILING A CIVIL INJUNCTION. AN ACTION THAT COULD EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN THE CREMATORIUM. BUT AS 16 WAPT'S JOSEPH PLEASANT EXPLAINS THAT COULD BE TOO LITTLE COMFORT TO SOME FAMILIES. SHARON WARD SAYS HER HUSBAND BRUCE WAS CREMATED AT THE MARK SEEPE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM IN SEPTEMBER 2006. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY GOOD BY TO HIM. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VIEW HIS REMAINS. I THOUGHT ALL I WOULD HAVE LEFT WOULD BE HIS REMAINS. THURSDAY SHE MET WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM HOOD, BECAUSE SHE WORRIES THE CREMAINS AT HER HOUSE ARE NOT HER HUSBANDS. I DON'T WANT THEM TO TELL ME THOSE ARE HUMAN REMAINS. I WANT THEM TO BELONG TO BRUCE WARD. I DON'T WANT THEM TO BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE. THURSDAY, HOOD TALKED FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CREMATORIUM. HE SAYS HE SENT INVESTIGATORS TO THE BUSINESS TO COMB THROUGH A DUMPSTER AFTER THESE PICTURES OF HUMAN BONES SURFACED. HOOD SAYS THEY FOUND HUMAN BONE FRAGMENTS. BUT, THAT DOES NOT PROVE THE OWNER MARK SEEPE MISHANDLED REMAINS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE TO CREATE THE HYSTERIA THAT PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THE WRONG CREMAINS. NOW ITS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. EVEN IF INVESTIGATORS FIND OUT THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MARK SEEPE ARE TRUE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS HE IS NOT SURE WHAT CRIME IF ANY HE COULD CHARGE HIM WITH. WE ARE DEALING WITH A LAW THAT'S BEEN THERE A WHILE AND DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS CREMATION. THURSDAY HOOD PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE WAY CREMATORIUMS ARE REGULATED. CHANGES SHARON WARD SAYS ARE TO LATE FOR HER AND AT LEAST 147 PEOPLE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS USED SEEPE'S SERVICE IN 2007. I GUESS THIS IS ONLY THING I CAN SAY I HAVE THAT I KNOW IS THAT OF HIS, THIS PICTURE. IN JACKSON JOSEPH PLEASANT 16 WAPT NEWS. GENERAL HOOD SAYS HE WILL ASK THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO FUND AN INSPECTOR FOR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICES. HE ALSO SAYS HE WILL PUSH FOR LEGISLATION TO GOVERN CREMATION.