Funeral director who had bodies in her garage gets prison

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia funeral director found with three decomposing bodies in her garage has been sentenced to three months in prison.

A judge reportedly also barred 73-year-old Janet Powell-Daily on Wednesday from working for any mortuary business or service despite her protests that "the whole story hasn't been told."
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Her prison term will be followed by 20 months of house arrest.

Police were called in August 2015 to the garage adjacent to Powell Funeral Home after neighbors investigating a foul odor stumbled upon the bodies. One was in a coffin and two others were in cardboard body boxes.
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Powell-Dailey pleaded no contest last month to theft by deception, theft of movable property and abuse of a corpse. Her attorney says they're pleased with the outcome.
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