Lawsuit: Man’s Body Decayed After Being Stored in Cruise Ship’s Drink Cooler
A lawsuit claims the body of a man who died during a Celebrity Cruise in August was not kept in the ship’s morgue but in a cooler.
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Ex-Medical Examiner Workers Accused of Stealing Drugs from Bodies
Two former employees of Michigan’s Macomb County Medical Examiner’s Office stand accused of stealing drugs from bodies at the morgue.
Seattle-Area Morgue Running Out of Space Due to Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
Seattle-area health officials recently admitted they are struggling to find space to store dead bodies in the morgue due to an increase in fentanyl overdose deaths.
‘Bodies Piling Up:’ Morgue Opened in Baltimore Parking Garage to Deal with Autopsy Backlog
MDH converted a parking garage into a morgue to deal with a backlog of autopsies of people who have been murdered or have overdosed.
Coronavirus: Malaysia Converts Shipping Container to Morgue
Malaysia’s health ministry converted a shipping container into a makeshift morgue on Sunday in the western state of Selangor as proper morgues have reached capacity in the state amid a recent surge in new Chinese coronavirus infections and deaths. “The first
Ecuador: Woman Surfaces After Declared Dead, Leaving Family Unsure Who They Cremated
A woman from Guayaquil, Ecuador, discovered this weekend that her sister, whose cremated ashes she supposedly received last month, was alive and making a steady recovery.
