Boxed Cremated Remains Found At Vacant Metro Atlanta Funeral Home

MARIETTA, GA — Cremated human remains in about 35 boxes and several chemicals were found Tuesday at an abandoned Marietta funeral home after a Reddit user notified authorities, Marietta Police said in an incident report obtained by Patch on Friday.

According to the report, the out-of-state Reddit user saw photos of the Canton Road Northeast building on the community-driven social website.

The photos were part of a post with the title, "Abandoned funeral home I went to yesterday. Caskets, chemicals and human remains all left."

The user told officers the post was created within the last week, police said. Photos showed cremains, which are a person's cremated remains, and documents with Cobb County labeled on them, police said in the report.

This helped the user identify the funeral home, police said.

Officers checked the vacant building, which had previously sustained a fire, and saw the front door "had been forced open, which allowed access to the building," police said.

No trespassers were found, but police said they located clothing, a mattress, a backpack, food and other personal items that suggested someone had been living inside the building.

During a search of the funeral home, "a large amount of chemicals" and about 35 boxes with human cremains were found, police said. Death certificates and other identifying documents were attached to the boxes, police said.

Though the building is partially boarded, people are still able to enter the building, police said.

It is unknown if anyone will face charges in the case.

This all came after 18 decomposed bodies were found by deputies on Oct. 26 at a Douglas funeral home. Authorities have since identified 12 of the 18 bodies.