PA - Philadelphia, Infant Organs Found in Small Casket on Sidewalk, 3 July 2017

[bluesneakers]

Oh, those poor parents. How horrifying. As if losing a child isn't bad enough.

 

[bluesneakers]

Oh my gosh.
Can you imagine being this babies parents?

I don't understand... I mean... I can understand an error, and I think I can understand misplacing some organs (not a thought I would ever be typing out), but I can't understand discovering the error and dealing with it by putting an infant coffin with the remains out on the sidewalk. I wonder if the person who made the error didn't want to fess up to it, but wanted to return the bag to the family??

Or someone might have panicked and made a stupid decision in an attempt to hide the error. The person who left the casket might not have been the person who forgot to move the organs to the new casket.

Someone is going to be in big trouble.

 

[bluesneakers]

Police: Family 'quite upset' after casket with buried baby's organs found on street

The funeral for the infant was held in New Jersey, Jones said, so it is not yet clear why the casket was left in Philadelphia.

Police have been in touch with the child's family, and they hope to reunite the organs with the baby's body. However, the child has already been buried, so the remains would have to be exhumed in order to bury the organs with the baby, Jones said.

Police also say the employee who left the casket on the sidewalk didn't know there were organs inside, and it's possible they'd been place in the casket after an autopsy.

 

[Whiskers16]

Police: Family 'quite upset' after casket with buried baby's organs found on street





Police also say the employee who left the casket on the sidewalk didn't know there were organs inside, and it's possible they'd been place in the casket after an autopsy.

He didn't know there were organs inside. ok.. so based on that he was leaving an empty child-sized casket on the street in another state. Still doesn't make any sense. This is weird and awful in so many ways.

 

[passionflower]

This sure woke me up! I never knew the organs of autopsy would be in a casket with the deceased. I was told they were in a bag and put back in the body at sew up time.........nightmares!.

 

[bluesneakers]

Funeral Home Worker Admits Dumping Casket Containing Child's Organs

A New Jersey funeral home worker has admitted to dumping a child-sized casket containing a deceased baby’s organs on a Pennsylvania sidewalk earlier this week.

According to police, the funeral home director, whose name has not yet been released, contacted investigators in Philadelphia on Tuesday and reported one of his employees had acknowledged dumping the casket.

According to Jones, the organs belong to a baby between 3 and 4 months of age who was buried in South Jersey last Thursday.

 

[U2forever]

Or someone might have panicked and made a stupid decision in an attempt to hide the error. The person who left the casket might not have been the person who forgot to move the organs to the new casket.

Someone is going to be in big trouble.

BBM
Moroon turned a fixable error into a huge nightmare for this family. I'm sure the funeral home is going to pay dearly.

Godspeed, wee one :angel:

 

[Vedder]

This is so disturbing. That poor family.

 

[Vedder]

That makes sense. My experience is based on the death of my 6 month old nephew. His death required an autopsy, as most child deaths do. We had 2 funerals in 2 different states. The one in which he died, and then again after we brought him home. In my case, the organs were in fact in a bag in the casket.

Maybe the funeral director was trying to somehow make me feel better about it by saying it was a normal part of preparing the body.


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So sorry for the loss of your nephew, Lori_TX.

 

[Isabelle]

[h=1]Organs found in North Philly casket belonged to infant whose funeral was last week[/h]
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/c...rth-philadelphia-infant-funeral-20170706.html

Truly sickening and agony for the parents of the infant. I cannot imagine what agony.

 

[Isabelle]

He didn't know there were organs inside. ok.. so based on that he was leaving an empty child-sized casket on the street in another state. Still doesn't make any sense. This is weird and awful in so many ways.

The employee's actions are unconscionable!!!! Hope there is some just punishment for his/her actions.

 

[GigTu]

Gruesome!

 

[CoverMeCagney]

How awful! It reminded me of the lady whose body was taken from a church I think, after the service... was she ever found?

 

[Triss]

Very disturbing.

 

[rosesfromangels]

Can you imagine how the poor family must feel?! Whoever did this should be publicly exposed and shamed for their callous act.

 

[Karinna]

How in the world can something like this happen? Feel so sad for the family of the baby. I hope they pursue legal action against who was responsible for something so awful.

 

[Karinna]

That makes sense. My experience is based on the death of my 6 month old nephew. His death required an autopsy, as most child deaths do. We had 2 funerals in 2 different states. The one in which he died, and then again after we brought him home. In my case, the organs were in fact in a bag in the casket.

Maybe the funeral director was trying to somehow make me feel better about it by saying it was a normal part of preparing the body.


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My heartfelt condolences to you and your family on the sad loss of your nephew, <3

 

[Karinna]

I can't even imagine why a casket would be on a sidewalk? I have never seen or heard of that before. It's bizzare IMO.

 

[lindamichelle1]

Exactly, why would he dump it even if the organs weren't in it!

 

[Indy Anna]

How awful! It reminded me of the lady whose body was taken from a church I think, after the service... was she ever found?

You may be thinking of Julie Mott, whose body disappeared from a funeral home after the service. That case hasn't been resolved that I've seen, but her ex-bf still appears to be the prime suspect.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...len-from-casket-in-mortuary-15-Aug-2015/page9