A Family Business
A Chilling Tale of Greed as One Family Commits Unspeakable Crimes Against the Dead
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Publisher Description
They were the owners of funeral home—and organ harvesters. An unsettling look at the Sconce family from the acclaimed true crime author of Deadly Lessons.
For sixty years, families in Southern California trusted the Sconce-owned Lamb Funeral Home with their loved ones’ remains. That trust was betrayed in an extraordinary, horrifying fashion, as it was discovered that the family, seeing an opportunity, had been stealing gold fillings and harvesting the organs of the newly deceased, hiding the evidence by burning the bodies in their crematorium.
When the shocking acts came to light, a trial brought every gruesome detail to the forefront, and Ken Englade has—with even-handed, clear-eyed reporting—chronicled every chilling detail.
Customer Reviews
A Family Business
The main character, David Sconce, was easy to dislike. He seemed to get away with every illegal thing he was charged with. He really isn’t in prison for any of it; only a technicality has him incarcerated. His parents, especially his mother, made me dislike this entire mess of a family. Reading this made me realize what people will do to control their little world; regardless of what affect it has on others.