Funeral home with 'twisted' owner and 'bloated bodies left to rot'

Daily Mirror

23-04-2025

Families have said they're 'traumatised' after discovering the treatment of their loved ones, with one body that was set to be cremated found swollen and 'unrecognisable' weeks later
Organising a funeral for a loved one can be one of the most difficult moments of a person's life, balancing grief with exhausting admin and heartbreaking decisions. The only thing that could make the experience worse is a traumatic experience at the funeral home, from plans falling through or - in shocking cases - bodies being mistreated or not given the respect they deserve.
This is what some traumatised families are going through today, with horrifying allegations emerging around one central funeral business whose owner has been called a 'sick, twisted man'.
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The company is now set to be investigated by local authorities, according to a Facebook post from owner Frank Savory II, who also said that his funeral home, Savory & Sons Funeral Home in Kansas City, Missouri, has ceased taking on new cases until the review is complete. While Savory also added that he 'extends heartfelt sympathies' towards families suffering, this isn't enough for many.
In the comment section, one enraged local called Savory a 'sick twisted man,' with another proclaiming: 'Your character and dignity have been exposed and honestly you can't come back from this.' Many commenters also referred directly to recent cases emerging from the funeral home, some of which have left families at a loss for what to do next.
In one such case, a woman called Princess Evans had her funeral on March 28, and was supposed to be cremated after. Shockingly, the woman's family allegedly saw her body through a glass door at Savory & Sons Funeral home on April 17, uncovered and decomposing weeks after she was laid to rest.
According to Erie News Now, both Evans' family and a local crematorium confirmed that they'd moved the body, picking up her remains from the funeral home after making the harrowing discovery.
The family also spoke out to Fox 4 Kansas City, with Princess' aunt Cherie Kidd describing how the process felt 'rushed' and the family 'didn't have time to grieve. Princess' cousin Marquita Blaylock added that their experiences were 'traumatising.'
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In more harrowing claims, Blaylock added: 'We personally had to wipe blood from her mouth just to, just to clear it up.' Kidd also described: 'These bodies were in there with trash. Trash all around them. This is insane.'
According to the cousin and aunt, the bodies were so badly kept and swollen that they had to look for distinct markers to identify Princess. 'You couldn't even recognise her. You had to look at her hands or her tattoo to realise who she was, Blaylock said, as Kidd called for Savory to be jailed or sued.
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Princess Evans' family isn't the only one to complain about their experiences with Savory and Sons. Shawn Pearson also spoke to Erie News, claiming that the funeral home hadn't delivered the services promised and paid for.
When Pearson's mum Marilyn Ashley died, he and his wife took out $5,200 (around £3,900) from their retirement fund to go towards the funeral, on top of $1,000 contributed by his aunt - which Savory vowed to return but hasn't. In horrifying claims, Savory is said not to have delivered the flowers for Ashley, and arrived at the funeral two hours late. Pearson said that the funeral itself was not held at the cemetery they'd requested, and the casket broke while in transit.
Now, he's allegedly being stopped from viewing his mum's body and has very troubling fears. 'My main concern is I really don't know if she's really in that casket because he wouldn't let me see her,' Pearson admitted.