welcome
CBS News

CBS News

Entertainment

Entertainment

Funeral director threw out thousands of pets' bodies and gave owners different ashes, Pennsylvania prosecutors say

CBS News
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

Patrick Vereb , 70 , is accused of stealing more than $650,000 from over 6,500 customers who paid for pet burial and cremation services between 2021 and 2024 .

Investigators say he kept the pets' bodies in garbage bags on top of freezers and gave owners the ashes of other animals.

The attorney general's office says it has identified victims from Allegheny , Armstrong , Washington and Westmoreland counties.

VR Score

63

Informative language

57

Neutral language

66

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

64

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links