AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) – The Aiken County Coroner’s Office released a statement Wednesday concerning an accidental cremation that took place this week.
According to Coroner Darryl Ables, the body of a deceased person was released by a staff member of the Aiken County Coroner’s Office to the custody of a funeral home to be cremated on June 23. However, the body of the person was misidentified by the staff member, “inadvertently released to the funeral home, and should not have been cremated.”
The mistake was discovered on Tuesday, June 24…