Funeral Home Cuts Man's Legs To Fit His Corpse In Casket

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina funeral board has
revoked the licenses of a funeral home and its director for cutting
the legs of a 6-foot-7 man so his corpse would fit in a casket.

State licensing spokesman Jim Knight says the Board of Funeral
Service voted Monday to revoke the funeral director license of Michael Cave and the license of Cave Funeral Services of Allendale.

Knight says the board also fined Cave the maximum $500 and
ordered him to pay $1,500 for the investigation.

Cave did not immediately return messages left at his home and
business Tuesday.

The body of James Hines was exhumed earlier this year because of
rumors that circulated after he died in 2004. His widow said
investigators told her his legs had been cut off between the ankle
and calf to fit the coffin.

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