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Eden Cemetery Accused of Desecrating Remains
The Law Offices of Brian D. Witzer, one of the nation’s leading cemetery fraud law firms, has announced that they are representing clients in the cemetery fraud and grave disinterment scandal involving Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, California. The Law Offices Of Brian D. Witzer is known for taking on the largest and most powerful corporate cemetery ownership groups in the country, obtaining a record-breaking settlement against Woodlawn Memorial Park in Inglewood, California (click here to watch the video) and currently representing numerous clients in the illegal disinterment scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery (Click here to watch the video) in Chicago, Illinois.
Although Eden Memorial Park attempts to project the image of a simple community cemetery, it is, in fact, owned byService Corporation International, the largest owner of cemeteries and funeral homes in the United States.
It is alleged that the owners and operators of Eden Memorial Park, in an effort to maximize their profits, broke and opened interment vaults and dumped and desecrated human remains, interred human remains in locations other than the plots in which the remains were to be properly interred, secretly plotted and sold interment plots on top of already scattered human remains, and thereafter secretly interred the recently deceased on top of those scattered human remains, and misinformed family members of the deceased as to the state and condition of their loved ones.
According to attorney Brian D. Witzer, the allegations in the case against Eden Memorial Park, one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles area, are just as shocking as the other cases he has successfully handled. “Unfortunately we live in a day and age when the large corporations running cemeteries are willing to take possession of people’s loved ones in a relationship of trust and then desecrate the human remains in order to make additional profits.” said Witzer.
A member of the Jewish community, this case impacts Witzer personally. “I have loved ones buried at Eden Memorial as well. The thought that something like this can repeatedly happen and so close to home is heartbreaking.” He continues, “I deeply empathize with all those impacted by these tragic circumstances.”
A number of those impacted have already reached out to Mr. Witzer’s firm and he is prepared to assist as part of a personal mission, and not simply a legal matter.
If you have family members buried in the Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, Mr. Witzer is helping to answer questions and explain legal rights to living family members. As there are time limits to filing a lawsuit against Eden Cemetery, find out what yours may be by contacting the firm at (310) 777-5999 or toll-free at (888) 948-9376.
