Family Seeks Criminal Probe Of Va. Funeral Home

The younger Morgan believes his father's body was one of those neglected, based on photos taken by a former employee who documented the neglect.

Morrogh told The Post he does not yet know whether he will launch a criminal investigation.

National Funeral Home was placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay a $13,000 fine last year after an unannounced inspection found unsanitary conditions and other violations. It was the second time in the past six years that Virginia regulators put the home on probation.

Morgan said he does not believe regulatory reprimands will change the company's behavior.

"They treat it as a cost of doing business," Morgan said. "It's not going to stop unless people go to jail."

State regulators have declined to discuss the Post's report.

J. Scott Young, president of SCI Virginia Funeral Services, said in a statement that the company is conducting its own investigation of the allegations and will cooperate with state regulators.