Some family members could be reunited with cremated loved ones after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified about half of the 50 cremated remains found in a storage unit in Clayton County.
“We have located some next-of-kin information for about half of the decedents,” GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said Thursday. “The next step will be to make contact with them.”
The remains were found Monday in a storage unit at Store Here Self-Storage on Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro.
“The majority of the cremated remains have been identified through records that were located with the remains,” Miles said.
Miles said the remains date to 1967, but no later than 2011. The GBI took inventory and catalogued the remains. There are five to seven that are completely unidentifiable, Miles said.
The GBI’s Medical Examiner’s Office will make sure any unclaimed remains are properly cared for.
Miles said the remains may have been stored by Pope Dickson, former director of Pope Dickson and Son Funeral Home. Dickson is now living in a nursing home. The funeral home closed in May 2012 after 66 years in business due to the economy and Dickson's poor health.
The GBI is not launching a criminal investigation.
Anyone who thinks their loved one was one of the remains should call (404) 244-2500.
