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In a distressing incident involving a firm of funeral directors in Hull, East Yorkshire, a widow was shocked to discover that her husband’s ashes, which had been made into jewellery, might not be his. After investigating, the police have removed the bodies of 35 individuals and suspected human ashes. The woman, who lost her husband eight months ago, is now faced with the harrowing task of identifying his body. This development is part of a broader police inquiry, which has led to the arrest and subsequent bail of two individuals. Many families have raised concerns about receiving incorrect ashes following funerals. A friend of another affected family from Beverley described how women in the family had turned ashes into crystal jewellery, only to learn the deceased had been in a freezer all this time, raising questions about which ashes had been used. The police have received over 1,000 calls from the public and are conducting formal identification procedures for the recovered bodies and ashes.