anything standing next to the air exhaust stack of a crematory. It is for
all observable purposes just hot air coming out.
“The residue from the approximate two hour burn
cycle are called cremains by the industry and ashes by everyone else. However
they are really not ashes, they are bone fragments from the larger bones still
left after the cremation. These two pounds or so of bone fragments are fed into
a grinder called a processor and the outcome is a fine gravel. This uniform
sized substance is then usually poured into an urn for further disposition.
“The final thing is that once this is done there can
be no DNA or any other kind of known testing to determine who was in fact
cremated. You couldn’t even tell if it was man or woman, white or black.
The amount of ashes might give you some idea of the
size of the person, but that would be very imprecise except that you may know
it was an adult. If the remains are scattered or dumped in the sea there would
soon be no trace of the ashes at all. And even if you recovered the ashes
(cremains), they would be of no use for identification.
“This is a $50,000 – $75,000 piece of equipment and
is a ten ton unit about the size of a car. It would fit into a one car space in
a garage or any similar sized space. It is delivered on a truck in one piece,
rolled into place and after the gas and three phase electricity connections are
hooked up it is ready to go the same day.”
All of this corresponded to what Victor had told Sam
in Atlantic City during their meeting.
“This is the easy part,” Mitch continues. “No one
has their own private crematory. They are used to serve the public through
funeral homes, cemeteries, and other service providers. Next, you need permits
from the EPA and local authorities since it is an industrial furnace. In the
New York metro area this could be a slow and arduous process as this would be
one of the hardest areas in the country to quality with all of the additional
local regulations. And this creates the third problem for you, how do you keep
it secret. Once you apply for the permits everyone will know the name and
address of the person/s who filed for the permits. Then, there are the
constraints of the law for operating the retort. You need a signed cremation
permit in every state for each body you run through the machine. This is why
you can’t just go to a legitimate crematory with a body for cremation. Where
would the paperwork be? How long could a doctor and a funeral director keep
forging these documents without getting caught? What professional would want to
risk prosecution for aiding and abetting such a scheme?”
After spending the rest of the morning trying to
twist and reformulate the subject to fit the organization’s needs, Sam is
pretty dejected. Sam feels, maybe this is why nobody has done this to his
knowledge before, but there must be a way.
A couple of days after paying Mitch his $2,000 for
the report, Sam is back in his office thinking about cremations. How do you
justify the thing, if you don’t have a funeral home or a cemetery? What
professional would risk his career being involved in such a scheme of illegal
cremations? It then occurs to Sam, what if you do have a funeral home in
somebody else’s name and it sits 100 miles from New York? An area much more
secluded than Brooklyn, but less than three hours’ drive away? What if that
area was Northeast Pennsylvania and the operator might be desperate enough to
engage in illegal activities? Sam knows he somehow has to get to Victor Kozol
in Duryea, Pa.
But, how to approach someone about something illegal
when to the best of your knowledge, this person is not involved in any illegal
activities? How do you turn an honest guy? There has always been one answer to
this problem, money. You offer more money than the person is making or
has any hope of earning legitimately.
“It is even better to approach someone who is
willing to gamble because he is already up against
all observable purposes just hot air coming out.
“The residue from the approximate two hour burn
cycle are called cremains by the industry and ashes by everyone else. However
they are really not ashes, they are bone fragments from the larger bones still
left after the cremation. These two pounds or so of bone fragments are fed into
a grinder called a processor and the outcome is a fine gravel. This uniform
sized substance is then usually poured into an urn for further disposition.
“The final thing is that once this is done there can
be no DNA or any other kind of known testing to determine who was in fact
cremated. You couldn’t even tell if it was man or woman, white or black.
The amount of ashes might give you some idea of the
size of the person, but that would be very imprecise except that you may know
it was an adult. If the remains are scattered or dumped in the sea there would
soon be no trace of the ashes at all. And even if you recovered the ashes
(cremains), they would be of no use for identification.
“This is a $50,000 – $75,000 piece of equipment and
is a ten ton unit about the size of a car. It would fit into a one car space in
a garage or any similar sized space. It is delivered on a truck in one piece,
rolled into place and after the gas and three phase electricity connections are
hooked up it is ready to go the same day.”
All of this corresponded to what Victor had told Sam
in Atlantic City during their meeting.
“This is the easy part,” Mitch continues. “No one
has their own private crematory. They are used to serve the public through
funeral homes, cemeteries, and other service providers. Next, you need permits
from the EPA and local authorities since it is an industrial furnace. In the
New York metro area this could be a slow and arduous process as this would be
one of the hardest areas in the country to quality with all of the additional
local regulations. And this creates the third problem for you, how do you keep
it secret. Once you apply for the permits everyone will know the name and
address of the person/s who filed for the permits. Then, there are the
constraints of the law for operating the retort. You need a signed cremation
permit in every state for each body you run through the machine. This is why
you can’t just go to a legitimate crematory with a body for cremation. Where
would the paperwork be? How long could a doctor and a funeral director keep
forging these documents without getting caught? What professional would want to
risk prosecution for aiding and abetting such a scheme?”
After spending the rest of the morning trying to
twist and reformulate the subject to fit the organization’s needs, Sam is
pretty dejected. Sam feels, maybe this is why nobody has done this to his
knowledge before, but there must be a way.
A couple of days after paying Mitch his $2,000 for
the report, Sam is back in his office thinking about cremations. How do you
justify the thing, if you don’t have a funeral home or a cemetery? What
professional would risk his career being involved in such a scheme of illegal
cremations? It then occurs to Sam, what if you do have a funeral home in
somebody else’s name and it sits 100 miles from New York? An area much more
secluded than Brooklyn, but less than three hours’ drive away? What if that
area was Northeast Pennsylvania and the operator might be desperate enough to
engage in illegal activities? Sam knows he somehow has to get to Victor Kozol
in Duryea, Pa.
But, how to approach someone about something illegal
when to the best of your knowledge, this person is not involved in any illegal
activities? How do you turn an honest guy? There has always been one answer to
this problem, money. You offer more money than the person is making or
has any hope of earning legitimately.
“It is even better to approach someone who is
willing to gamble because he is already up against
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