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Families wait for answers after remains found in storage units

Joseph O'Donnell subject of Team 5 Investigation

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Families wait for answers after remains found in storage units
Joseph O'Donnell subject of Team 5 Investigation
A Randolph family is concerned that the cremated remains of three of their relatives could be linked to a growing investigation involving an unlicensed funeral director.Watch the reportApril Hopkins said Joseph O'Donnell's Dorchester funeral home handled the arrangements after the deaths of her son, mother, and grand daughter over the past few years."It really hurts me to know I have them in here and not know it's them," she said.Her doubt has been growing since the discovery of 12 bodies and 46 cremated remains at storage facilities in Weymouth and Somerville."I feel betrayed," she said. "I had a lot of trust in that man."This spring, a Team 5 investigation revealed that O'Donnell had been operating a Dorchester funeral home without a license for six years.Sources told Team 5 that about half the bodies investigators found have been identified and they are trying to verify labels on the cremated remains that were found. 

A Randolph family is concerned that the cremated remains of three of their relatives could be linked to a growing investigation involving an unlicensed funeral director.

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April Hopkins said Joseph O'Donnell's Dorchester funeral home handled the arrangements after the deaths of her son, mother, and grand daughter over the past few years.

"It really hurts me to know I have them in here and not know it's them," she said.

Her doubt has been growing since the discovery of 12 bodies and 46 cremated remains at storage facilities in Weymouth and Somerville.

"I feel betrayed," she said. "I had a lot of trust in that man."

This spring, a Team 5 investigation revealed that O'Donnell had been operating a Dorchester funeral home without a license for six years.

Sources told Team 5 that about half the bodies investigators found have been identified and they are trying to verify labels on the cremated remains that were found.