A funeral home in Hayward allegedly cremated the remains of a girl against the wishes of her parents before mistakenly sending her ashes to the wrong family and covering up the series of errors, according to a recently filed lawsuit.
The full extent of the alleged blunder only became known to the Bay Area family months after they thought they buried their daughter — and only after the mother made a post on TikTok about the situation that went viral, prompting a former funeral home employee and the family who mistakenly received the remains to share more details.
Alameda County residents Denisse Chavez and Adrian Corona sued Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Funeral Center, the Diocese of Oakland and Irvington Memorial Cemetery for negligence and breach of contract over the alleged mishandling of the remains of their daughter, Alaina Corona, who died in November…