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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Local- Ex-funeral director Chad Wheeler, Wheeler Cemetery, under police investigation. Photo of funeral home on site at Wheeler Cemetery with one of two retention ponds seen through trees next to building. The Winnipeg police dive unit searched two retention ponds at Wheeler Cemetery last summer, looking for cremated human remains and medical devices, such as artificial hips and pacemakers, a search warrant says. More info: Winnipeg police said the financial crimes unit started investigating Wheeler in April 2018, soon after Wheeler Funeral Home, Cemetery and Crematorium went into receivership. Last June, the receiver said it referred more than 100 complaints it received from Wheeler clients to police, including: More than 70 for missing trust funds. More than 25 for missing insurance plans. More than 25 for missing cemetery perpetual care funds and other issues such as missing grave markers/headstones. See story by Carol Sanders. June 17th, 2019