Funeral Home Accused of Giving a Father His Son’s Brain in a Bag

A Santa Clara County family is suing two South Bay mortuaries and a licensed funeral director after an alleged mistake—a horrifying, disgusting mistake.

According to the recently filed lawsuit, the family of Alexander Pinon claims that a funeral home employee gave Pinon’s father a red biohazard bag supposedly containing his son’s clothing. He allegedly then opened the bag to find a portion of his son’s brain.

As reported by San Francisco’s KRON4, the suit names Lima family Erickson Memorial Chapel in San Jose, along with Lima family Santa Clara mortuary, and funeral director Annette “Anita” Singh, accusing them all of mishandling human remains and causing severe emotional distress…

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