Days after police searched a Glenwood cremation service, an Alsip woman is questioning whether the urn she has actually contains her mother’s remains.
Charlene Sneed has reminders of her mom, Connie Haynes-Washington, throughout her home. She keeps her mom’s memory alive through butterflies and the Bible she faithfully read every day, which is strategically placed near her entryway.
After her mom died in March, Sneed had her cremated to honor her wishes. Her urn used to be a source of comfort. Now, when Sneed looks at the urn, she said, “I just see a urn. I’m afraid that it’s not my mom.”
She chose a cremation service called Planet Green in Glenwood because it came recommended on a list from her mom’s hospice provider. Glenwood village officials confirmed Chicago Police searched the business on Friday in the continuing investigation into the South Chicago Chapel, the funeral home where 56 decomposing bodies were found this summer. The Glenwood Police Department assisted the Chicago Police Department in the search of Planet Green, according to the village of Glenwood.
State records show the owner of Planet Green is Johanna Morgan, whose husband, Clark, is listed as the owner of the South Chicago Chapel. The Morgans are facing a civil lawsuit filed by the city of Chicago, but they have not been criminally charged.
State records show Planet Green’s business license has been dissolved since May.
When Sneed learned of the investigation into the funeral home, it prompted her to open her mom’s urn for the first time. Not only was the urn heavier than she thought it should be, but she also found what looked like rocks inside.
“Up until this situation, I would go sit by her urn all the time and talk to her,” said Sneed’s daughter, Brandie Wells. “But now, I feel the huge disconnect.”
It’s also made Wells question the memorial pendant she wears every day, which is supposed to be filled with her grandmother’s ashes.
“I haven’t taken it off since I got it. And now I don’t know if I’m walking around with someone else’s family members on my neck or if this is my grandma,” said Wells, who was also her grandma’s primary caregiver.
In hindsight, they saw warning signs but chalked them up grief. The first red flag happened the day she died.
“When they went to put her in a car, my husband said, ‘There’s another body in the car,'” Sneed said.
Another red flag came the day Wells went to Planet Green to pick up the remains.
“The door was locked. You had to ring a doorbell to get in. Then, I asked to see my grandma’s urn being filled or even the pendants being filled, and they denied that completely,” Wells said.
Sneed said she now wishes she would have buried her mom.
“You call Planet Green right now, they’ll probably answer the phone. You fill out the website, someone will call you back. So, they don’t care. All the trouble that they’ve caused, they don’t care,” she said.
NBC Chicago called the number on Planet Green’s front door, and someone answered the phone. We asked for our contact information to be passed along to the owners, but we did not hear back.
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