LA PLATA, Md. — Brandon and Rosa Williams of Waldorf, the owners of Heaven Bound Cremation Services, LLC, have been charged with eight counts each of improper disposal of human remains.
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Seven of the counts involve the improper disposal of seven fetuses, and the eighth count involves the remains of an infant approximately two months old.
Brandon and Rosa Williams were taken into custody on February 20, according to Maryland State Police.
WMAR-2 News extensively covered the fallout of Heaven Bound Cremation Services, starting when the business was shut down by the Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors in January of 2025.
CJ Greenidge sought Heaven Bound's services in Charles County after her father died from lung cancer.
At first, she thought they were a reputable business.
"Until it got to the time where I was supposed to get his remains back and then I completely stopped hearing from them. They didn't contact me," Greenidge said.
She finally got remains even though she still wonders if it's really her dad.
"In order for me to move on and continue going through life I kinda have to let things go so for now I have to just believe that they are his remains."
She wanted the business held accountable but never expected the charges that came out Thursday.
The charges stem from an investigation in February of last year.
According to the charging documents, officials searched the Williams' home, finding decomposing human infant bodies and over 200 suspected human cremains in their garage.
The remains were not properly stored and and leaked onto the floor.
Seven of the bodies were baby fetuses and one was a two month old infant dressed for a funeral.
Dozens of civil lawsuits have been filed against the LLC, including one filed by Laura Dorsey last April.
"That was the hardest, most loneliest anniversary ever, you know, and I wish that I could at least have had a death certificate," Dorsey told us at the time. She'd been waiting since November of the previous year for her husband's remains.
Greenidge isn't a part of that group but said that Thursday's charges lit a fire under her.
"It definitely has kind of kicked back the resurgence of wanting to also get some type of justice for my father."
Three members of the board that oversees the funeral industry in Maryland resigned in February 2025.
