WORCESTER, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The Worcester funeral home director who lost his license after bodies were found decomposing in his basement last year has had it reinstated, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports.
Peter Stefan, director of Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlor, reportedly agreed to a two-year stayed suspension of his license, and to monthly visits from a state monitor to make sure he's complying with state law.
The basement room where funeral home director Peter Stefan stored nine unclaimed, decomposing bodies. (Kim Tunnicliffe/WBZ NewsRadio)
Stefan has a reputation for taking the bodies nobody wants to claim—for example, he gained notoriety in 2013 for agreeing to bury Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
But last year, Worcester authorities opened a probe into the way Stefan was storing nine unclaimed bodies in the basement of his funeral home, creating what city health officials called a "horrible stench." The room where he stored the bodies was supposed to have been cooled to 39 degrees, but city investigators measured it at 65 degrees.
Decomposing Bodies Lead To Investigation At Worcester Funeral Home
The Worcester T&G reported that another director stepped in to run the funeral home during Stefan's suspension.
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