A California family is suing a Compton funeral home after discovering another man's body dressed in their uncle's suit during a wake. The family, led by Amentha Hunt, confronted the mortuary staff, who mistakenly insisted it was their loved one until forced to acknowledge the error with a photo. This traumatic experience took hours to resolve, leaving a lasting emotional impact. Attorney Elvis Tran criticized the mortuary's lack of standards in their care, stressing the need for significant improvements to prevent future mistakes.
"It was a guy laying there in my uncle's suit, but it wasn't my uncle," Hunt told local KCAL News. "It shouldn't have happened. I didn't make arrangements there to see the wrong body."
"For them to come in and see the wrong corpse and for the mortuary to deny that it's the wrong corpse and then need proof that it's in fact the right person," Tran told the local outlet.
"It's hurt. I still think about it. That's something that's never going to go away, to view the wrong corpse," she lamented.
"We think it's just a basic standard of care that they messed up on and that they really need to improve their ways, so they don't do this to another family," he added.
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