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tonkatoy
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What is the name of your state? Texas
My brother was killed in a carwreck Thanksgiving Day 2002. My family has asked local attorneys if anything can be done,but noone wants to touch it because of conflict of interest.(having worked for the funeral home at one time or another)
He was pronounced at the seen of the wreck & picked up by a well known funeral home in our town.He was taken to a larger town for the autopsy,by the driver sent from this funeral home. It being a holiday noone was there to let him in & he was apparently given the access code to the garage of the morgue.He(the funeral home driver) threw my brother out on the floor of the morgue garage,unzipped the bag & went through it, apparently looking for items of value. My brother was found face down on the floor in a puddle of blood, with no form of identification on him(toe tag,paperwork).He was left there overnight. The coroner had to use the identification number on the neck brace to find the county he came from,just to get his name. This is all noted on the autopsy report,by the coroner & has been noterized. Because of being left face down for almost 24hrs,his face was distorted & flat. It's bad enough my family was having to deal with his loss,but to know that this person had no respect for the dead is unforgiving.
The funeral home & the Justice of the Peace who pronounced him knew of this.Noone here in this town wants to help with this because the funeral home's owners daughter is a district court Judge. Is there anything that can be done about how my brother was left like a piece of garbage on the garage floor? Is this "malpractice" and deception by the funeral home? Or is this called something else? Any help would be appreciated.
My brother was killed in a carwreck Thanksgiving Day 2002. My family has asked local attorneys if anything can be done,but noone wants to touch it because of conflict of interest.(having worked for the funeral home at one time or another)
He was pronounced at the seen of the wreck & picked up by a well known funeral home in our town.He was taken to a larger town for the autopsy,by the driver sent from this funeral home. It being a holiday noone was there to let him in & he was apparently given the access code to the garage of the morgue.He(the funeral home driver) threw my brother out on the floor of the morgue garage,unzipped the bag & went through it, apparently looking for items of value. My brother was found face down on the floor in a puddle of blood, with no form of identification on him(toe tag,paperwork).He was left there overnight. The coroner had to use the identification number on the neck brace to find the county he came from,just to get his name. This is all noted on the autopsy report,by the coroner & has been noterized. Because of being left face down for almost 24hrs,his face was distorted & flat. It's bad enough my family was having to deal with his loss,but to know that this person had no respect for the dead is unforgiving.
The funeral home & the Justice of the Peace who pronounced him knew of this.Noone here in this town wants to help with this because the funeral home's owners daughter is a district court Judge. Is there anything that can be done about how my brother was left like a piece of garbage on the garage floor? Is this "malpractice" and deception by the funeral home? Or is this called something else? Any help would be appreciated.