This story was updated on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 5:58 p.m.
A funeral home owner in south Georgia has been arrested and accused of neglecting human corpses after authorities said they found 18 bodies in various stages of decomposition while serving an eviction notice at the business.
Chris Lee Johnson, 39, of Douglas, has been charged with 17 counts of abuse of a dead body, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a statement Monday.
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