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Indianapolis - A former Indianapolis funeral home director was arrested after being indicted by a grand jury.

Marvin Boatright operated a funeral home in the 2100 block of N. Illinois Street. Investigators started looking at Boatright after someone found a baby in a dumpster.

"We're trying to identify that baby through DNA analysis. We literally have been working with two different laboratories, the baby's remains are going to a third laboratory," Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Thursday.

Police say Boatright's financial troubles lead to mishandling funeral money from families and possibly even the loved one's remains.

According to jail records, Boatright was arrested Wednesday night on 14 felony counts - ten for forgery, three for receiving stolen property, and one count of corrupt business influence. His arrest comes about seven months after a couple found the dead baby in the dumpster, just blocks from his old funeral home.

"I wanted to do a holistic approach and resolve the forgeries, corrupt business influence, theft and the baby all in one case," Brizzi said.

Boatright lost his funeral director's license in October 2007, but kept doing business, taking funeral money from several families.

"He either forged or instructed people to forge signatures on death certificates," said Brizzi.

There have not yet been charges filed related to the baby found in the dumpster, but believe it came from his establishment. Prosecutors say they can link the dead baby to Boatright and have talked with the possible mother of the child.

"But without DNA analysis, there is no way to tell for sure," Brizzi said.

Eyewitness News found a photograph of one of Boatright's funeral home signs near the crime scene, where investigators may have eventually confiscated it as evidence. Prosecutors believe the baby's family may have paid Boatright up to $7,000 for burial services.

"At the end of the day, the baby should have been buried or cremated and that didn't happen," Brizzi said.

The 52-year-old Boatright declined an interview request by Eyewitness News to talk about his arrest and that baby found in the dumpster.