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Funeral home owner: Bodies were treated 'with utmost respect'

(MCT) — The owner of a South Shore funeral home shut down after authorities cited him for no electricity or heat insists he always treated the bodies in his care "with the utmost respect." 

Harry Carter, speaking to reporters Monday night, also stressed that authorities have not lodged any criminal charges against him because of conditions inside Carter Funeral Chapels at 2100 E. 75th St.

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