HOUSTON - Court documents reveal the funeral directors at Richardson Mortuary are facing multiple charges of abuse of corpse after multiple bodies were found in various stages of decomposition in a storage room, exposed and with no working air conditioner.

Michael Richardson and Gayle Bell are both charged with three counts of abuse of corpse, according to Harris County court documents.

Both Bell and Richardson were funeral directors for Richardson Mortuary at 3201 Brookfield Drive.

Funeral directors charged after bodies were found decomposing

What we know:

On April 11, a woman went to Richardson Mortuary after she was denied entry into the building to bring clothes for her mother's funeral, which was scheduled for the following day, documents stated.

When she arrived, she found th

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