Wrong Ashes Scattered In Ocean After Wrong Body Cremated

**radio667** · 01-21-2005, 06:03 PM

from wftv.com ... Toe Tag Mix-Up Leads To Cremation Of Wrong Body
Wrong Ashes Scattered Across Atlantic Ocean

POSTED: 9:02 am EST January 20, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A dispute is brewing in Jacksonville over a mix-up at the Duval County, Fla., medical examiner's office in which the wrong person was cremated and the ashes scattered in the Atlantic Ocean.

Chief Medical Examiner Margarita Arruza said an autopsy technician misread a number on a body tag last fall and released the body of 36-year-old John Chappell, instead of that of 65-year-old Judith Perez, to a funeral home.

The wrong body was then cremated.

A lawyer has notified city officials that Chappell's family plans to sue.

Arruza said she doesn't ever remember the Medical Examiner's Office mixing up two bodies. She has worked at the office since 1989.

**britney_spears** · 01-21-2005, 06:27 PM

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Arruza said she doesn't ever remember the Medical Examiner's Office mixing up two bodies. She has worked at the office since 1989.

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**radio667** · 01-21-2005, 07:12 PM

" Toe Tag Mix-Up Leads To Cremation Of Wrong Body
Wrong Ashes Scattered Across Atlantic Ocean "

Just Following Moll's Lead

!!!

01-21-2005, 06:03 PM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,769 Downloads: 2	Wrong Ashes Scattered In Ocean After Wrong Body Cremated from wftv.com ... Toe Tag Mix-Up Leads To Cremation Of Wrong Body Wrong Ashes Scattered Across Atlantic Ocean POSTED: 9:02 am EST January 20, 2005 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A dispute is brewing in Jacksonville over a mix-up at the Duval County, Fla., medical examiner's office in which the wrong person was cremated and the ashes scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. Chief Medical Examiner Margarita Arruza said an autopsy technician misread a number on a body tag last fall and released the body of 36-year-old John Chappell, instead of that of 65-year-old Judith Perez, to a funeral home. The wrong body was then cremated. A lawyer has notified city officials that Chappell's family plans to sue. Arruza said she doesn't ever remember the Medical Examiner's Office mixing up two bodies. She has worked at the office since 1989. __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

01-21-2005, 07:12 PM	#3
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,769 Downloads: 2	" Toe Tag Mix-Up Leads To Cremation Of Wrong Body Wrong Ashes Scattered Across Atlantic Ocean " Just Following Moll's Lead !!! __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

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