LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas funeral home that was already shut down by state regulators is now facing a lawsuit from a grieving husband who says his wife’s body was never cremated as promised.

The lawsuit accuses McDermott’s Funeral Home of failing to cremate the woman within the time frame outlined in its contract, which guaranteed services would be completed in seven to 28 working days. Instead, more than six weeks after her death, her family discovered that she still had not been cremated.

According to court documents, her body was transferred to Davis Funeral Home by the Clark County Coroner's Office, where her family was called in to identify her remains because decomposition had advanced so far that fingerprinting was impossible.

Troubled History at McDermott’s

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