What happened to homeless people bodies when they die?

Question

Are they dumped into a box somewhere to be forgotten. How does that process work if they have no family to claim them.

Answer 1

well if the know the guys name they try to contact the family if not the bury them on state property as a john or jane doe in a very affordable pine box just like they bury inmates that die in prison.

Answer 2

Have you ever heard of Potters Field? It's the area of a graveyard where the poor and indigent are buried. Every town has one. When a dead person is not claimed by friends or family, the body is given a cheap burial (respectful but no frills), in some places now the remains are cremated, and the grave is marked with a simple metal marker so it can be identified if the remains are claimed at a later date.

Answer 3

How sad to think about. But interesting at the same time. The city morgue probably comes to claim them.

Answer 4

That is a good question. Maybe they just discard them in a box under the ground or something.

Answer 5

When they are found, they are handled by authorities who bury them in unmarked graves, (if there is no ID to be found) in pine boxes.

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Answer 6

homeless people, and other people that die unidenified go to potter's field. Every state has one, its basically long rows of unclaimed bodies....

Answer 7

I have wondered that also. Common is probably right about the city morgue.

Answer 8

There used to be a place called a potters cemetery. I think they still exist.

Answer 9

sometimes the counties have to bury them. Even poor people have to do that sometimes..