BoDies of 11 bAbies founD hiDDen in Detroit

DETROIT: The bodies of 11 babies were found hidden at a former funeral home in Detroit on Friday after authorities received an anonymous letter leading them to the remains, police said.

Police are investigating after authorities found nine badly decomposed bodies inside a box and two inside a casket, all hidden in a false ceiling at the former Cantrell Funeral Home, Detroit police Lieutenant Brian Bowser told reporters.

“We have to find out what happened and why it happened,” he said, adding that police were trying to contact Raymond Cantrell, the former owner of the funeral home. Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs went to the property on the city’s east side after receiving the letter describing the location of the remains, Bowser said.