The indictment was the first set of charges to come out of a widening scandal involving scores of funeral homes [that sent the bodies for cremation] and hundreds of bodies, including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke, who died in 2004. The investigation has raised fears that some of the body parts could spread disease to transplant recipients.
sigh. I can’t speak for Canada, but unfortunately it does happen in the US: California, 1980’s. Colorado, 2010’s. And the one that brought it to my attention, New Jersey, 2006: