Police believe they have contacted all the families of 35 people whose remains were recovered from a Hull funeral parlour in a recent raid.
Humberside Police said specialists and National Crime Agency advisers were on the case and hoping to establish “if what has been respectfully recovered are in fact human ashes”.
More than 1,500 calls have now been received to a phoneline for people who used Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
Two people – a man aged 46 and a woman aged 23 – were arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation and fraud by abuse of position.
They have since been released on bail while the investigation continues.
Families have spoken about their anguish at not knowing what happened to the loved ones and if they have the right ashes.
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