Grieving families in North Carolina forced to wait months to learn loved ones’ causes of death

A Spring Lake family is longing for closure more than a year after their daughter’s death.

Aliana Campbell, 6, passed away unexpectedly days after having surgery on March 31, 2023. Since then, her parents have been waiting for answers.

“We knew it was a result of the surgery that she had,” her mom Constance Campbell said.

“We just didn’t know exactly what it was. The waiting period to actually find out what happened to her. You know, that was the hardest part,” her dad Curtis said.

An autopsy was done by the NC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shortly after Aliana passed away, but the Campbells did not get the death certificate.

“I’d call them every day, almost every single day. They probably got to know my voice after a period of time,” Constance said.

Without their daughter’s death certificate, the Campbells were left in limbo.

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