Funeral home places woman's brain with personal effects, and more

Funeral home places woman's brain with personal effects

The family of a deceased New Mexico woman was horrified to discover her brain in the same bag as her other personal effects. The grandmother, whose name has not been re­-leased, died in a traffic accident last September, and a funeral home recently

sent the bag of her belongings to her family. When the bag began to emit a “foul odor,” they opened it and found among the woman’s other possessions a second bag, accurately labeled “Brain.” “No loved one’s brain should ever be part of those belongings,” said the family’s lawyer.

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