Kriti Mehrotra
With HBO Max’s ‘The Mortician’ unraveling one of the most harrowing cases revolving around the business of death, we get a documentary series that can only be described as baffling. This three-part documentary series delves deep into the life and crimes of Lamb Funeral Home heir David Sconce, whose practices were simply immoral and inhumane in the worst of ways. Amongst those to feature here are not only those close to him but also officials, victims, as well as former employees, including a truck driver by the name of Louis Quinones.
Louis Quinones Still Vividly Remembers His Time at Lamb Funeral Home
Although not much regarding Louis Quinones’ early years, background, or professional experience is publicly available as of writing, we do know the California native was working odd jobs in the mid-1980s. In fact, he had been employed at Lamb Funeral Home around 1986 as a truck driver, meaning his primary responsibility was to transport dead bodies to the crematorium/funeral home. It was admittedly a grim job, and the scent in itself was quite overwhelming for him, but he still managed to keep his head on straight. Louis had been serving there for around 7-8 months when they got busted.
In early 1987, David Sconce and his parents were arrested for their practices as it came to light that the former had been operating an illegal crematorium in Hesperia. After their legal crematorium had burned down in November 1986, he had actually decided to take his operation to the next level and purchase a warehouse so as to cremate not tens but hundreds of bodies at once in ceramic kilns. He didn’t obtain any legal certifications or indicate the actual purpose for the warehouse; instead, he passed it off as a ceramic business, that is, until neighbors reported the overwhelming smoke and smell.
When the police came to search the funeral home before taking the Sconce family into custody, Louis was admittedly glad that this chapter was finally over because it was getting too out of hand. The disrespect to the bodies and their family members was something he was having trouble coming to terms with, even after months, so he reportedly spoke to the police once they came knocking on his door. After all, as an employee, he had extensive knowledge of what went on behind the scenes, so he allegedly didn’t hesitate to come clean to officials in exchange for immunity in any of his possible wrongdoing.
Louis Quinones Seemingly Leads a Comfortable, Quiet Life Today
According to Louis Quinones’ own accounts in the aforementioned documentary, David Sconce had no respect for anything or anybody, whether it be his employees, his rivals, or his clients. In fact, he said he doesn’t remember him being nice to anybody, especially not a dead body. Instead, what he allegedly does recall is his boss carrying the bodies rather cavalierly under one arm before often going as far as to talk to them in the most egregious manner. Louis said that David used to ask the dead bodies, “What happened to you?” and slap them before going through his process of multiple cremations coldly.
Therefore, Louis was happy when David was arrested, following which he cooperated throughout all the legal proceedings before deciding to step away from the limelight for good. From what we can tell, he has since managed to build a good life for himself in Los Angeles County, California, itself, where he still likely resides while being surrounded by loved ones. He doesn’t seem to have a wife or a legal life partner at the moment, but he has most certainly established a family of his own in the form of friends and well-wishers, so all we know is that he seems content as of writing, which is all that matters in the long run.
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