A South Carolina judge has ordered the closure of a South Carolina funeral home where a worker cut off the legs of a body to fit in a casket. WJBF News channel 6 has exclusive video from the hearing from our SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle.

A judge says a South Carolina funeral home where a corpse’s legs were cut so it would fit in a casket can remain open as it appeals the revocation of its license. The order issued Tuesday says funeral director Michael Cave and Cave Funeral Home in Allendale could suffer irreparable harm if they have to stay closed until the state Administrative Law Court can hear an appeal next month.

The owner of a troubled Allendale funeral home is speaking out after losing his business license. The South Carolina Funeral Service Board says someone at the funeral home severed the legs of a 6-foot-7 man so his body would fit into his casket. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud has the story.

The South Carolina funeral board has revoked the licenses of the funeral director and funeral home which handled a 6-foot-7 man whose legs apparently were cut to fit in his casket. A state licensing spokesman said the Board of Funeral Service voted Monday to revoke the funeral directors’ license of Michael Cave and the license of Cave Funeral Services of Allendale.

Some serious allegations against an Allendale County funeral home. Cave Funeral Services, there, is being accused of mutilating a dead body. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.