Coroner’s office sent wrong body for cremation

An investigation is underway following an accidental cremation, according to ABC-affiliated WJBF.

Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables told WJBF, a body was released by a staff member of the coroner’s office to the care of a funeral home to be cremated on Monday.

However, the body of the person was misidentified by the staff member, “inadvertently released to the funeral home, and should not have been cremated,” Ables told WJBF…

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