Chaplain Phil Manly drops flower petals over the grave that contains the cremated remains of 1687 unclaimed bodies who died in 2002. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
Lance Georgeson breaks down while saying a few words over his father’s grave while being consoled by Chaplain Phil Manly. Georgeson’s father was buried in a common grave with 1,048 other people who died unclaimed in Los Angeles county in 1978. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
A simple marker adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights marks the cremated remains of 1,687 people who died in Los Angeles County in 2002. (Rick Loomis / LAT)
