Six bodies and 154 cremated remains were recovered this month from a Hayward warehouse linked to Oceanview Cremations, which had its license suspended in 2018, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
The sheriff’s office is now asking for the public’s help in reuniting an unidentified body and the other remains.
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau learned about Oceanview Cremations’ suspension on Feb. 28 after the California Cemetery and Funeral Board reported the business continued to operate and kept remains in a Hayward warehouse that was unauthorized to store remains.
The coroner’s bureau along with Grissom’s Mortuary, a county-contracted funeral home, then responded on March 1 to recover