A Baltimore woman has filed an $8.5 million lawsuit against a funeral home, saying the company secretly conducted two services for her husband and collected additional payments from another woman who said she was also the wife of the deceased man. Demetra Street said an employee at Wylie Funeral Homes took the urn of her husband, Ivan Street, and hid it away after the service ended in January, The Washington Post reported . She said the staff then refused to turn over Ivan's ashes when Demetra made the request. According to the complaint, the ashes were not even in the urn because Ivan’s body was buried at another cemetery three days earlier at the request of the other woman claiming to be the man’s wife. Wylie Funeral Homes is now accused of breaching its contract with Demetra and making false representations to make a profit. Demetra, now suing for $8.5 million, said the business pocketed two payments after conducting two services for herself and the other woman. In a statement...
