LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — According to families, cremations have begun for the 146 bodies recovered from McDermott's Funeral and Cremation Service after the facility was shut down by state regulators amid allegations of mishandling remains.

The bodies were moved to Davis Funeral Home earlier this month when McDermott's was closed. But with viewing impossible in many cases because of severe decomposition, some relatives fear they may never know whose ashes they receive.

"Is it my mom?" said Dorothy Duran, whose mother's remains were among those recovered.

"I know that it's just her body… but that's my mother. It breaks my heart that she got thrown away like garbage," Duran said.

It's a sense of closure Duran and dozens of other families may never get — being told they couldn't view their loved

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