No way she was embalmed and kept in cold storage if she was smelling and decomposing! This is just awful and unacceptable! I pray the family gets compensated and the funeral home is investigated and fined!
@@flygurl5548 The secretary said nothing of the sort......the medical director said “she was, embalmed, refrigerated & kept in a cold room”! Either way.....what was done to her and this family was unprofessional, disrespectful and an absolute disgrace!
That’s what I said. I know people that held loved ones for 3 weeks and the only thing different, was the body was a bit darker but still looked peaceful. They didn’t embalm her and they definitely didn’t keep her body in the cooler.
My grandfather died during covid and it took us 3 weeks to bury him. At his funeral, he looked like he was 60 years old again. He looked so handsome and happy. That's my last memory of him. It still brings me some peace. I'm so sorry for this family to have that awful memory to live with.
We buried my mom during COVID as well, It only took 1 week and she looked like an Angel 😇 but we still did a closed casket graveside memorial 🙏🏽❤️….now we waited on the headstone forever
Well that not always what happens and u can’t stop decomposition! Funeral didn’t didn’t do anything but what the family asked them to do and absolutely did nothing wrong! Sometimes that just how it goes!
Seeing your deceased loved one's body is difficult enough even when it's properly preserved. To see the body all rotted and mangled has got to be a type of pain I can't even imagine. And the fact that the family is Haitian, a culture that holds high reverence for the treatment of their dead, makes it even more tragic.
Because people cannot accept that that's what happens to us when we die. Unless the body is preserved, it will rot, it will decay, it will decompose. Decomposition is a natural process of cleaning up and clearing away what's dead. We are so accustomed to life, that death is seen as ungodly and unholy. We treat death like we do life, if it's beautiful, it's approachable, if it's ugly and rotten to the core, we tend to stay away. It's human nature.
At my grandma's funeral I was so scared to look into the casket. When I finally did I was so relieved to see how peaceful and well put together she was. The fact that that last memory was robbed from these people is sickening.
That's awful. It's already a nightmare for a parent to bury their children but this takes it to another horrific level. This is a disgrace to mortitioners everywhere.
This woman was one of my best friends and it's devastating to me and everyone who knew and loved her that this us the way she was treated. She was a beautiful, kind, FUNNY, sarcastic, loving and loyal person and she is missed terribly. I can't believe that she is gone but she will forever live on in our hearts. Sleep in peace Regina.
I was wondering the same thing, how did she pass? I know it's not supposed to be the main focus& hate to seem like im being too nosey. But she was so beautiful & looked to be young. & I know death has no age limit. I lost a younger cousin last year due to gun violence & it will never seem real that he's gone. I watched him grow up& used to babysit him. Sorry so long of a msg. But my condolences goes out to her family & friends & anyone whos dealing with a loss🙏🏾
@@ohsoocrazy I wondered the same thing, if she was in a bad car accident, her body suffered damage, but she may not have been embalmed right away and that will have the body decomposed and smelly, considering the heat as well. The "best friend" or so she says, may not know the details of it all.
💨💨 This is UNACCEPTABLE! Her body also had maggots crawling around. My goodness. She died peacefully in her sleep peacefully but this is a nightmare to the family.
My God. Tht is awful. Yeah this funeral home dropped the ball big time. It’s obvious they did something wrong. Either didn’t keep the body refrigerated or didn’t embalm correctly. If they’re into cutting corners like that then they should just shut down. No family deserves to deal w such at an already difficult time. Especially w as much as these funeral homes charge. I hope the family gets justice for this.
We'll find out after the court hearing. Guilty people don't usually give interviews and which makes me think maybe someone might not be telling the truth.
That is beyond sad and unacceptable... I was beyond grateful for the funeral director when my 9-month-old baby passed away. She literally had him looking like an angel. I couldn't believe how angelic he looked. My child was literally glowing! I gave the director the biggest hug and thanked her from the bottom of my heart, with tears streaming down my face. She cried as well... I wish this is how this family would have felt when they saw their loved one for the last time...
That’s unacceptable my father was kept in the mortuary for a month due to covid and his body was well preserved. I hope this family gets the compensation they deserve. This is terrible. This is the last thing they should have to deal with. Condolences to her and her family.
If the family paid for the upkeep required for such a period of time then yes but if they only put up enough money for a service and embalming that only covered a short period of time then they took their own risk
@@MattHelmSA I'm sorry but I carnt believe Yr comment she still shud not of smelt like they say she did wowzers how wud u feel wen you embalm someone that stops the smelling n decomposing I worked in funeral home for 4 years n no matter wat anyone paid I've never seen or heard anything like it shame on you
Why everything has to be about looks what about her being a good person looks don’t mean everything come on guys we already know that but still looks is not everything y’all see it’s more to that
@@brianwilliams8568 who said looks were everything?? If she's beautiful, she's beautiful. I don't think there is anything wrong with pointing that out and offering a compliment.
@@brianwilliams8568 Looks don't mean shit when ya ass is 6 feet under and maggots and vaulter got to in about 20 years your done. People are to caught up on looks this was a young lady gone way before her time. For the most part I'm confused with the world nowadays nothing never really thought of deeply everything is a fantasy world
That’s more than unacceptable. It’s simply deplorable. The funeral home director may be sincere with his apology now, but it’s a little to late. They deserve more than that. To this woman’s family, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
@Levy Mcgarden you’re right, $ is not going to bring her back. For the record, I did not say anything about throwing $ @ the deceased family. I simply said an apology was not enough.
When my grandmother passed I was afraid of seeing her because I didn’t know how she would look and I feel so sorry for this family because I can’t even imagine seeing a loved in those conditions. I hope they get some clarity from this horrible situation.
@@frostempress4176 definitely, I even carry him with me in a locket with a tiny little urn inside shaped like a heart..... ❤️🩹and my condolences to you as well.... 😊
I can’t even imagine the shock and horror this poor mother felt. The funeral home couldn’t have performed the embalming procedure and stored her properly. My father passed away last March and we had family coming from Italy. The funeral home held him for nearly 11 days and he looked very nice. There was no smell, he was dressed as neatly as he did when he was alive. There is absolutely NO excuse for what this funeral home did.
Was he white passing or light skinned? I say this with the utmost respect. I'm only trying to gain information to figure out why this has happened. Ultimately it points to the particular funeral home and their negligence. I'm just trying to see if any more possible factors could have been at play.
RIP Regina! One of the sweetest, wittiest people I ever worked with! My damn this is heart breaking! You deserved so much more than this ! I couldn’t even think straight if they did this to one of my loved ones! Smh 🤦🏽♂️
There are so many horrible stories about these funeral homes smh… I cannot believe things like this happen. Families are already heartbroken and then they have to deal with disrespect😟
I've been to an open casket funeral of a person that had been deceased for about 2 weeks, and she looked presentable. Prompt body pickup, prompt embalming and preserving of the body, prompt refrigeration of the body are critical. Every single step in preparing a body is extremely, extremely time sensitive. This funeral home really dropped the ball and did this beautiful young woman AND her family a huge disservice. They deserve a refund, and I'm glad they filed a lawsuit. I'm glad this funeral director seemed emotional, apologized or attempted to apologize..but it's a too little, too late situation. You have to do things on strict protocol, and the way her body was presented...besides the decomposition, I cannot even imagine their horror and mental, emotional anguish!!! They deserve a full settlement and refund, that won't even take the terrible memories away...but it's the least they can have. I am so sorry this family had to endure this trauma, they were already traumatized by her untimely death. Being a funeral director is a calling, it's not just a career. You must take every step to preparing a body as if that person was your own family member. Was this beautiful young woman treated like family? Was her family treated this way? Absolutely NOT. So sorry to this family 😔
The horror of seeing the truth of what death looks like. Life's greatest fear........ being dead. I'm not talking about death as in how the body should look as one would remember that person, but the ugliness of the reality of how our bodies look like in the grave. That is what life is afraid of becoming.
Lost a relative and too much time had gone by for an Open Casket Service but the funeral home NOTIFIED the family of such and so it remained closed! There was no reason for them to receive a surprise at the door. They should have done their fucking job and spoke with the family that it should remain closed and then offered their services for free because of their failures. Absolutely terrible, immoral in how they were all treated, especially Regina.
Without getting graphic, those bags were probably put on her in an effort to hide something that may or may not have been there. I lost my husband in Feb and the funeral home I dealt with was HORRIBLE! When I went to view him he looked like he was several pounds heavier than he actually was in the stomach and abdominal area. When I asked why, they said he was probably stuffed with newspaper because they didn't sew him back up. ALSO...they kept my husbands ashes for months before they released them to me, even though I was promised I'd have them in a timely manner. I called and called, and was promised a return call, but never heard back. I'm sure there are reputable funeral homes out there, but some of these people make thousands of dollars off of grieving, and vulnerable family members, and yet they take advantage. It's unbelievable!
@@calvthomas6153 💨💨 This is UNACCEPTABLE! Her body also had maggots crawling around. My goodness. She died peacefully in her sleep but this is a nightmare to the family.
@@Sammyjoann If there is a law suit then common sense will tell you that they probably have proof and the funeral home director admitted his faults and offered an apology.
Imagine what her children are already going through , then even if the children did not see they are like sponges they know exactly what’s going on and it lives with them. I wish the family has peace . Shame on the funeral home
The funeral home could have told the family not to view her if she was in bad shape. That tells me that she was viewable. I hope they sue and win. I had a funeral home do me wrong. I can't get into detail, but this is inexcusable if the allegations are true. Not anybody wants to make up nonsense when dealing with this death of a loved one. Prayers for her family.
Screw his tears, his business lacks integrity. They knew the condition of that poor girl's body was not good, they should have claimed their negligence to the family prior to the funereal day. They could have bit the cost and speared their integrity. Instead they might get sued now for even more money, and their brand is in the toilet.
i wish i hadn't heard that they used black plastic bag to cover her face and feet. Lord have mercy. the disrespect is haunting. the girl was so bubbly and cute in that short clip .
@@MA-mh1vs That sounded a bit irregular to me as well. However, the funeral home is supposed to be professional. If the two week wait was supposed to have such an adverse effect on the corpse, I would have expected the funeral home to inform the clients in advance. Especially if they knew that they could not preserve the corpse for that long and still make it presentable at the wake.
@@HatianHurricane I look into it and 2 weeks was way long. It says for an open casket it should be done within 3 days. I would have expected they would have been told that. It could be that detail was lost in conversation and then they showed up wanting an open casket and that is why there was makeup on the dress because someone was trying to get it done fast due to a time constraint or the smell.
My sister passed on April 30th her service was may 20th with an open casket viewing she looked the exact same and we also had a preview the day before to ensure everything was done to our liking im so sorry that this family these people dropped the ball tremendously
Losing a loved one is already hard. That is just gut wrenching to know, they weren't being respectful or responsible for their loved one. Just negligent! You have to honor the deceased. My heart and prayers go out to their family🙏
@@margueritemazzeo2904 not if it's embalmed and stored in refrigeration properly before being interned. Even buried, an embalmed body is not going to be skeletal 3 to 4 months after burial. Maybe some small areas of the body but not much. A body found dumped somewhere would be from exposure, but still probably have enough tissue to identify the person. This funeral home was just very negligent and disrespectful with this woman's remains.
I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling. I went to a funeral viewing open casket and it was an aunt of mine who had passed away in a motorcycle accident and her body wasn’t recognizable. I think we all can still remember it vividly in our family and are traumatized, but my heart aches for this family and the poor woman who passed away. “Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.” John 5:28, 9
I've been to a funeral where it took a month for the family to get things together and that person was beautiful. I don't understand the funeral home excuses. It's there job to make you look as good as possible under some really bad circumstances at times. Suicides, decomp, gun shot wounds, illness that takes your weight. God bless this family and I really hope they find peace.
I actually seen the picture it was horrific I almost cried i got sick to my stomach her mother didn’t deserve to see her like that neither did her children.
I can’t believe she’s gone. She was the best nurse 😍. I had the pleasure working with her. We had so much fun, we laughed so much , dance. I can’t believe you gone Regina 😓😓. It’s so sad 😓
That's so disgusting and cruel 😢 I am sorry for the family to have experienced this insensitive, disrespectful, unacceptable, disgraceful raw business. What a disservice. My heart is broken for this family. My condolences 😔 to the family 🙏 🕊🕯🕊
The fact that they were only offered an apology, not even a refund, is appalling. Shame on this funeral home. I hope they come under investigation for making a mockery of what should have been a time for peace, mourning, and an honorable send off for this family's loved one. Just sickening. Prayers that the family gets #Justice for Regina.
@@BLAQ_AKBeau this is why you shouldn't wait weeks days or weeks for funeral. My thoughts and prayers and condolence for this beutiful woman's family and I hope they find peace and justice and compensation. Now coming to what saying. In Islam we muslims bury our loved ones within 24 hours. And it is for this very reason that the body of the deceased should not go through this. Once doctor gives cause of death and signs death certificate we go straight into burial process. We don't even like doing post mortems like cutting the body giving it stress but only if that is not in our control like when police is involved to find cause of death incase of murder than we follow law and body stays in morgue for either days or weeks. But we try our best to avoid delays and unnecessary post mortems and just get on with burial and leave our loved ones to rest in peace and be with the creator.
The funeral home should not have waited days to get her body. A body can decomposes very quickly; within 24 hours after death if not embalmed or refrigerated. The funeral home director was right when he said factors that contribute to decomposition is HEAT. He did say that her body was refrigerated. Was it really kept refrigerated or just left out in the heat? Either way this is very disturbing and totally unacceptable the way that her body was presented at the funeral. Condolences 💐 to her family.
Until you sighed a contract they can’t just pick up the body. Also let’s not forget they have to pay first. So that took a week then they asked for two weeks away for the actual date. So three weeks time all chosen by the family.
after 2-3 weeks the body wouldn’t have decomposed much at all if it was refrigerated. I work in a morgue and we have bodies from over a month ago that don’t smell and haven’t really decomposed . That body 100% was left out in the open
The fact that they had the body parts covered with plastic bags should tell you what you need to know. I don't believe they refrigerated the body for 2 weeks and it may have had something to do with insufficient burial insurance or lack of money. Funeral homes charge by the day for refrigeration. My grandmother passed away last December and we had to wait for family members to come back from vacation. She was refrigerated for over 10 days and she was still recognizable. My family was in contact either the funeral home and director every other day. My grandmother had VERY good burial insurance so they funeral home had no problem with getting paid. My dad passed in January 2021 on a Wednesday and we buried him that Friday. We had no problems. I think there was a problem with money covering two weeks of storage and other expenses. If a person doesn't have a lot of money to bury his or her deceased relative then he or she should opt to bury it cremate the deceased as soon as possible. You cannot wait 2 weeks and expect things to go well. Maybe they should have buried the woman and made a video of the funeral. Funeral homes only care about money. We all need to prepare for things like this and not be caught off guard bc other ppl don't have the same concern for your deceased like you would.
@@leftistnazicensorship8882 I buried both of my parents, and both times the funeral home picked up their bodies within hours after I called. I didn't take care of paperwork until the next day.
the process of being in a refrigerator or freezer thawing out for a funeral can cause a lot of damage to the body. If they paid their funeral in full right at pick up there should’ve been no problems waiting two weeks is a long time
Oh my. This funeral home is literally minutes away from the mall I used to frequent. The saying “Looks can be deceiving” goes a long way. We’re past the high COVID mortality rates, so this is inexcusable. I hope the family is awarded everything they’re requesting and find solace during this traumatic experience.
Sorry for the tragedy. Its so sad that the funeral home could not COMMUNICATE with the family even as late as the day of the funeral thus worsening their trauma. May her soul find rest & may her family find peace 🙏🙏🙏
Damn i used to work for gibson funeral home in the bronx and iv seen it all. Ortiz funeral home is by far the worst of them all and on every corner in the bx smh. If she had trashbags around her neck and feet it means the embalmer didn't do his/her job properly and the body was damaged during the embalming process and the bags are used to stop overflow of the fluids. I know its painful and may she rest in peace but if this was my loved one i'd call for another funeral home to investigate what kind of work was done to her and then sue the shiiii out of them for emotional distress and desecration of her body. 😢RIP beautiful
My condolence to this family may they find peace ,such a lovely lady. Gives us a bit of caution when a loved one dies as to keep tabs on the hospital call to the funeral home and the pick up which should be immediately and then the follow up with the funeral home on embalming practice and if the funeral is more than a week out then communication with the funeral home as to how and when the body will be prepared for the service and ask questions. My family has been involved in preparing the body for viewing by dressing and grooming our departed for some funerals because it is for us considered a privilege to do so and it secures our comfort knowing they are looking and dressed as they would have wanted. Again so sorry for this family.
Losing a loved one, especially one so young, is tragic and devastating enough but to see her in this condition would be catastrophically crushing. My heart goes out to this family.
The heat factor? Are they on a deserted island without electricity? If somehow 2 weeks was too long to wait they should have said so. This is their business and definitely not his 1st rodeo. Sounds like he left some horribly incompetent people in charge and ended up traumatizing this poor family. Anyone with any sense would have said we cannot show her like this.
after 2-3 weeks the body wouldn’t have decomposed much at all if it was refrigerated. I work in a morgue and we have bodies from over a month ago that don’t smell and haven’t really decomposed . That body 100% was left out in the open
Oh my goodness This is terrible. WHY do people get away with this. It's heartbreaking to hear that her family had to go through all of this. Praying for the family. 🙏
My heart aches for this family. My Mum died recently and I was able to see her and sit with her and say goodbye. I felt confident in leaving my Mum with the funeral home. I can't imagine not being able to see her a final time and having that private moment with her. Death is a part of life, but there's a heightened sense of sacred love and being in the presence of spirit that should be honoured properly.
Why wouldn’t they spare the family a second heartbreak, they should have told the family the conditions of her body before just displaying her like that . No respect for the dead or the family. Rest In Peace
@@tomservo5007 her body shouldn’t have looked that decomposed at all. She died in her sleep, he states the corner took to long with her body. Corner have fridges too…. Aint no way maggots should be eating at her flesh already, her face mush so badly for being decomposed …and blood on her dress, along with pieces of garbage bags on her….. not too mention the smell…… if embalmed & put on ice you shouldn’t be smelling at all
@@mufasasounds1765 "her body shouldn’t have looked that decomposed ", you saw pictures ? Embalming fluid does have an odor. Does it get stronger after 2 weeks ? Does this place have other similar complaints ? $6k with 2 weeks storage, that's below market rate
@@tomservo5007 You are making things up as you go. Where did you get that the family wouldn't take "no" for an answer? Secondly, the funeral home hasn't denied that the body was decomposed, and didn't report that it was decomposed when they took it from the medical examiner's office. There also pictures of the body while at the medical examiner's office, and the body was not decomposed while in the medical examiner's office.
@@tomservo5007 It was the responsibility of the funeral home to notify the family that the body had decomposed, and further, that there would be challenges in making the body presentable. They didn't do that. Instead, they hid the body from the family as long as they could using lame excuses - such as, "she's naked right now" right up until the funeral, and then used GARBAGE BAGS on the body the day of the funeral to hide the worst areas of decomposition. If nothing else, that *alone* shows the unprofessional conduct of this funeral home. Whether there are other *documented* complaints is completely irrelevant. We have proof in the use of the garbage bags alone in how unprofessionally THIS body and THIS family was treated. Any funeral home that would do this is a disgrace.
2 things stick out here: #1 White funeral homes typically don't deal with Black bodies. You have good and bad funeral homes in both Black and White communities, but each kind is specialized in taking care of their own kind. What you can't do is randomly pick a funeral home from the phone book, which sounds like what they did, w/o having knowledge of that funeral home's history (i.e. what do people say who has used them in the past? What does their work look like? Have you been to a funeral arranged by them?, etc, etc.). American families typically have a relationship with a particular funeral home. These people were from Haiti and may not have understood that funeral homes here are segregated for the purpose of quality of care, i.e. getting the makeup/ skintoning correct. This facility didn't tell the quiet part outloud because they didn't want to be sued. #2 They waited too long to pick up that body. The Board of Health requires a body to be buried or cremated 14 days after death. It took the funeral home 10 days to pick up the body and then they waited till the family arrived from outside the country. Refrigeration slows down decomposition, it doesn't stop it. Once the body reaches advanced stages of de composition, the options are limited, you can't mask decomposition w/ makeup, which is what it look like happened here! Not every family or culture believes in cremation, which I don't believe these individuals did, as a function of their culture, so it had to be tragic for them to accept this resolution. So sorry for both parties.
I was looking for this comment! Black Americans typically go to other Black Americans for our funeral care for many reasons. The most important reason is for dignity in death. Those who state the body was held too long at the funeral home are ignorant to the fact that we have our own practices & customs which a Black funeral home would have understood.
@@tracyt.2534 I was talking about the amount of time the family waited to have the service. The ME picked up the body on June 25 and an autopsy was performed. The funeral home alleges they received the body on the 29th. The family set the funeral for July 9th which is not an inordinate amount of time for a Black family. It sounds like the body was not embalmed or refrigerated. The description is something out of a horror movie & the family should not have been subjected to that.
When my mom passed away 4 years ago, the funeral home was an absolute godsend. They made the process so much easier. It was 10 days between the day of my mom's passing and her funeral and they made sure that her body was well taken care of. This experience that this family had is absolutely horrifying. I don't know what I would have done if that had happened to my mother. It's the stuff of nightmares. I wonder if this is one of those discounts/budget funeral homes that cuts corners. My mom's service was expensive, but well worth it. The Peace of mind alone was worth the money.
I'm so glad for your experience but not everyone has money. It's insane to me it costs a bunch of money to put anyone to rest. And then maybe when you don't have much you may end up experiencing this kind of disgrace. Horrible.
I dont know why this was suggested to me but this is heartbreaking. It's like her family is having to go through her death twice. They had zero respect for the poor woman that passed away and I'm glad they're suing. Sending love and thoughts to her family from Atlanta 💜
It’s bad enough to lose a loved one, but for this to happen is unacceptable and disrespectful to the family. My condolences and prayers to the family. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
This brings back memories of my brother who passed in January of last year. It was during covid. The mortuary would not let my mom see the body. He died in January and his services weren't until April. And they let us finally see his body a week before his services (almost 3 months later). He was unrecognizable. He pretty much looked like a mummy. His skin/body was black looked like he was burned. Horrifying. They said it was because of how long he had been in the freezer but then why weren't we allowed to see him when they first picked up his body.....I never wish this upon anyone. It's so heartbreaking. #LLD #RIPCarnalito
So sad!!!! This is horrible!!! SUE THEM!!! This is no way a family should have to remember their loved one. Some of these funeral homes are too shady!!!!
Funeral Home in Colorado lost my mothers body. The wrong body was in casket. She was buried for 10 days as another woman with same last name. 10 years and still not over it.
The family doesn’t seem to understand that having the cheapest possible arrangements plus at :30 they put off the funeral for TWO WEEKS so the body isn’t going to look “fresh.”
@@prophet4L Very true. My neighbor had to be kept refrigerated for almost a month, while funds were put together, because she didn’t have insurance. Thankfully, she still looked the same!
Just wow. Sending my deepest condolences to this family and all their loved ones. No one should have to go thru an ordeal like this. May their queen R.I.P.
Yup! My aunt had the same issue . My family wanted to wait two plus weeks for the same reason and were told it would then need to be a cremation or closed casket
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No way she was embalmed and kept in cold storage if she was smelling and decomposing! This is just awful and unacceptable! I pray the family gets compensated and the funeral home is investigated and fined!
Agreed !!!! + the health risk for the family too. It's sad
@@flygurl5548 The secretary said nothing of the sort......the medical director said “she was, embalmed, refrigerated & kept in a cold room”! Either way.....what was done to her and this family was unprofessional, disrespectful and an absolute disgrace!
That’s what I said. I know people that held loved ones for 3 weeks and the only thing different, was the body was a bit darker but still looked peaceful. They didn’t embalm her and they definitely didn’t keep her body in the cooler.
She was not embalmed I'm mortician I know she was not in the cold room
She couldn’t Been embalmed !
My grandfather died during covid and it took us 3 weeks to bury him. At his funeral, he looked like he was 60 years old again. He looked so handsome and happy. That's my last memory of him. It still brings me some peace. I'm so sorry for this family to have that awful memory to live with.
We buried my mom during COVID as well, It only took 1 week and she looked like an Angel 😇 but we still did a closed casket graveside memorial 🙏🏽❤️….now we waited on the headstone forever
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My great grandma was Buried a month and half after she died cuz of covid 😔
Well that not always what happens and u can’t stop decomposition! Funeral didn’t didn’t do anything but what the family asked them to do and absolutely did nothing wrong! Sometimes that just how it goes!
Seeing your deceased loved one's body is difficult enough even when it's properly preserved. To see the body all rotted and mangled has got to be a type of pain I can't even imagine. And the fact that the family is Haitian, a culture that holds high reverence for the treatment of their dead, makes it even more tragic.
Because people cannot accept that that's what happens to us when we die. Unless the body is preserved, it will rot, it will decay, it will decompose. Decomposition is a natural process of cleaning up and clearing away what's dead. We are so accustomed to life, that death is seen as ungodly and unholy. We treat death like we do life, if it's beautiful, it's approachable, if it's ugly and rotten to the core, we tend to stay away. It's human nature.
OMG. I’m Haitian. This would have been traumatic.
And such a beautiful girl. My God…
My prayers go to you all, every family deserves the right to mourn and the mortuary to be professional..shameful....all my condolences to the famil
So sad😔
I'm speechless! Having just buried my mom just a few weeks ago. I know the sadness and sorrows, this family feels.
Sorry for your loss. May she Rest In Peace
Sorry for your loss I'll be praying for you
I’m sorry about your mother. I hope you continue to heal 🙏🏾 🙏🏾
The funeral home also did that to your mom? I guess you do know how they feel. Smh. RIP
Sending you a hug. Take it one day at a time!!!
At my grandma's funeral I was so scared to look into the casket. When I finally did I was so relieved to see how peaceful and well put together she was. The fact that that last memory was robbed from these people is sickening.
That's awful. It's already a nightmare for a parent to bury their children but this takes it to another horrific level. This is a disgrace to mortitioners everywhere.
This woman was one of my best friends and it's devastating to me and everyone who knew and loved her that this us the way she was treated. She was a beautiful, kind, FUNNY, sarcastic, loving and loyal person and she is missed terribly. I can't believe that she is gone but she will forever live on in our hearts. Sleep in peace Regina.
How did she die?
How she pass, she’s beautiful
I was wondering the same thing, how did she pass? I know it's not supposed to be the main focus& hate to seem like im being too nosey. But she was so beautiful & looked to be young. & I know death has no age limit. I lost a younger cousin last year due to gun violence & it will never seem real that he's gone. I watched him grow up& used to babysit him. Sorry so long of a msg. But my condolences goes out to her family & friends & anyone whos dealing with a loss🙏🏾
@@ohsoocrazy I wondered the same thing, if she was in a bad car accident, her body suffered damage, but she may not have been embalmed right away and that will have the body decomposed and smelly, considering the heat as well. The "best friend" or so she says, may not know the details of it all.
@@chanelharris4794 She died in her sleep
Completely unacceptable!! Shame on them for the disrespect!!
💨💨 This is UNACCEPTABLE!
Her body also had maggots crawling around. My goodness. She died peacefully in her sleep peacefully but this is a nightmare to the family.
My God. Tht is awful. Yeah this funeral home dropped the ball big time. It’s obvious they did something wrong. Either didn’t keep the body refrigerated or didn’t embalm correctly. If they’re into cutting corners like that then they should just shut down. No family deserves to deal w such at an already difficult time. Especially w as much as these funeral homes charge. I hope the family gets justice for this.
Lotta of them are ran by creepies & war mongering families
@@1handsmoke565 OMG!!!
We'll find out after the court hearing. Guilty people don't usually give interviews and which makes me think maybe someone might not be telling the truth.
That is beyond sad and unacceptable... I was beyond grateful for the funeral director when my 9-month-old baby passed away. She literally had him looking like an angel. I couldn't believe how angelic he looked. My child was literally glowing! I gave the director the biggest hug and thanked her from the bottom of my heart, with tears streaming down my face. She cried as well... I wish this is how this family would have felt when they saw their loved one for the last time...
This is heartbreaking. The family needs a refund and compensation for the trauma they went through.
@@jakestone35 Yea
Beyond horrific and heartbreaking. I can't imagine their pain. My deepest thoughts and l prayers
And the image of a loved one no one should ever see
Terrible. Shame on them
I love it when people say, "My thoughts and prayers." And what they really mean to say is: "I don't care enough to help."
@@Concerned_Robot not really your not helping either
Just horrible 😓 I’m praying for the family 🙏🏾
She’s beautiful 🥺💕 I’m so sorry this happened to you.
That’s unacceptable my father was kept in the mortuary for a month due to covid and his body was well preserved. I hope this family gets the compensation they deserve. This is terrible. This is the last thing they should have to deal with. Condolences to her and her family.
🙏🙏God Bless u an Sorry for your Loss 💕
Sorry about your dad. 😔
If the family paid for the upkeep required for such a period of time then yes but if they only put up enough money for a service and embalming that only covered a short period of time then they took their own risk
@@MattHelmSA 👀🙄🤮
@@MattHelmSA I'm sorry but I carnt believe Yr comment she still shud not of smelt like they say she did wowzers how wud u feel wen you embalm someone that stops the smelling n decomposing I worked in funeral home for 4 years n no matter wat anyone paid I've never seen or heard anything like it shame on you
She was a beautiful woman, so sorry for the family lost😢
She was really pretty
Loss not lost.
Why everything has to be about looks what about her being a good person looks don’t mean everything come on guys we already know that but still looks is not everything y’all see it’s more to that
@@brianwilliams8568 who said looks were everything?? If she's beautiful, she's beautiful. I don't think there is anything wrong with pointing that out and offering a compliment.
@@brianwilliams8568 Looks don't mean shit when ya ass is 6 feet under and maggots and vaulter got to in about 20 years your done. People are to caught up on looks this was a young lady gone way before her time. For the most part I'm confused with the world nowadays nothing never really thought of deeply everything is a fantasy world
That’s more than unacceptable. It’s simply deplorable. The funeral home director may be sincere with his apology now, but it’s a little to late. They deserve more than that. To this woman’s family, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
@Levy Mcgarden you’re right, $ is not going to bring her back. For the record, I did not say anything about throwing $ @ the deceased family. I simply said an apology was not enough.
This is heartbreaking. I can't even imagine what this family has had to endure.
WTH? Funeral homes can be so ghoulish. This is horrific, beautiful woman, a nurse, so disrespectful to treat her that way.
So tru
unreal
Rest In Peace Angel Regina! You were a wonderful nurse and amazing to work with 🕊️
I could not even imagine how her mother feels. This is awful. Rest In Peace Ms.Regina.
When my grandmother passed I was afraid of seeing her because I didn’t know how she would look and I feel so sorry for this family because I can’t even imagine seeing a loved in those conditions. I hope they get some clarity from this horrible situation.
May I ask what a Frost Empress is .......?
When Mt dad passed , I felt the same exact way but once I saw him , I couldn't leave him ..... but we had him cremated so he's with us every day
@@rarad.3793 my condolences but it’s good to have him with you at all times like he’s watching over you.
@@algreaves4515 Have you heard of ice king/Ice queen? Basically it’s something like that
@@frostempress4176 definitely, I even carry him with me in a locket with a tiny little urn inside shaped like a heart..... ❤️🩹and my condolences to you as well.... 😊
I can’t even imagine the shock and horror this poor mother felt. The funeral home couldn’t have performed the embalming procedure and stored her properly. My father passed away last March and we had family coming from Italy. The funeral home held him for nearly 11 days and he looked very nice. There was no smell, he was dressed as neatly as he did when he was alive. There is absolutely NO excuse for what this funeral home did.
We took almost a month to have my dads funeral and he was still looking good. I can’t believe this place did that to her. So disrespectful.
Was he white passing or light skinned? I say this with the utmost respect. I'm only trying to gain information to figure out why this has happened. Ultimately it points to the particular funeral home and their negligence. I'm just trying to see if any more possible factors could have been at play.
@@achillpill9700 I bet the city morgue freezer isn’t cold enough. I bet the morgue is saturated with affirmative action compliant workers.
@@achillpill9700 no. He’s Asian. He was taken care of by the funeral home.
Even if they waited to long , yall are still missing the point that the funeral home allowed them to see her like that. Thats disgusting af.
You look like the Girl 😭
@@kreambeezy1090 :/ no i dont
Yes you do 😭
@@kreambeezy1090 They both fugly 😂😂😂
@@kreambeezy1090 You right they both the size of hippos 😂😂😂😂😂
RIP Regina! One of the sweetest, wittiest people I ever worked with! My damn this is heart breaking! You deserved so much more than this ! I couldn’t even think straight if they did this to one of my loved ones! Smh 🤦🏽♂️
There are so many horrible stories about these funeral homes smh… I cannot believe things like this happen. Families are already heartbroken and then they have to deal with disrespect😟
Yeah i dont think they care....they super glued my brothers lips together
And he had Frankenstein cuts on the side of his face.
According to how long before embombed . If too long they wouldn't be able to have an open casket funeral because be decomposing.
Corporate takeover of fu real homes in the USA
There is an underground business where they pimp the dead children's bodies at funeral homes
@@reneepaiz9574 sorry that happened. What type of burial/life insurance policy did he have?
I've been to an open casket funeral of a person that had been deceased for about 2 weeks, and she looked presentable.
Prompt body pickup, prompt embalming and preserving of the body, prompt refrigeration of the body are critical. Every single step in preparing a body is extremely, extremely time sensitive. This funeral home really dropped the ball and did this beautiful young woman AND her family a huge disservice. They deserve a refund, and I'm glad they filed a lawsuit.
I'm glad this funeral director seemed emotional, apologized or attempted to apologize..but it's a too little, too late situation. You have to do things on strict protocol, and the way her body was presented...besides the decomposition, I cannot even imagine their horror and mental, emotional anguish!!!
They deserve a full settlement and refund, that won't even take the terrible memories away...but it's the least they can have. I am so sorry this family had to endure this trauma, they were already traumatized by her untimely death.
Being a funeral director is a calling, it's not just a career. You must take every step to preparing a body as if that person was your own family member.
Was this beautiful young woman treated like family? Was her family treated this way? Absolutely NOT.
So sorry to this family 😔
The horror of seeing the truth of what death looks like. Life's greatest fear........ being dead. I'm not talking about death as in how the body should look as one would remember that person, but the ugliness of the reality of how our bodies look like in the grave. That is what life is afraid of becoming.
There was no prompt pick up.
Yes our friend got picked up and very same day she passed. Just a few hours later. 🙏
Lost a relative and too much time had gone by for an Open Casket Service but the funeral home NOTIFIED the family of such and so it remained closed! There was no reason for them to receive a surprise at the door. They should have done their fucking job and spoke with the family that it should remain closed and then offered their services for free because of their failures.
Absolutely terrible, immoral in how they were all treated, especially Regina.
She was a beautiful lady ❤️. I'm so sorry. Poor souls!!!!!
Garbage bags around her neck and feet wow this is disgusting I'm hoping you all get justice
Funeral home would’ve have been tore to shreds , right then and there hands down and drop the mf mic
Without getting graphic, those bags were probably put on her in an effort to hide something that may or may not have been there.
I lost my husband in Feb and the funeral home I dealt with was HORRIBLE! When I went to view him he looked like he was several pounds heavier than he actually was in the stomach and abdominal area. When I asked why, they said he was probably stuffed with newspaper because they didn't sew him back up. ALSO...they kept my husbands ashes for months before they released them to me, even though I was promised I'd have them in a timely manner. I called and called, and was promised a return call, but never heard back.
I'm sure there are reputable funeral homes out there, but some of these people make thousands of dollars off of grieving, and vulnerable family members, and yet they take advantage. It's unbelievable!
@@calvthomas6153
💨💨 This is UNACCEPTABLE!
Her body also had maggots crawling around. My goodness. She died peacefully in her sleep but this is a nightmare to the family.
@@1handsmoke565- That is terrible! I wonder if criminal charges can be filed.
@@Sammyjoann If there is a law suit then common sense will tell you that they probably have proof and the funeral home director admitted his faults and offered an apology.
Imagine what her children are already going through , then even if the children did not see they are like sponges they know exactly what’s going on and it lives with them. I wish the family has peace . Shame on the funeral home
Rest in peace, beautiful queen. You deserved better.
Women aren't queens lol
Glad they’re suing! This was just unacceptable! How could you run a funeral service like that
Her mother having to see her daughter like that 😞 this is beyond heartbreaking !!
Incomprehensible. Some things are so horrific I can't even try to think about it. Unbelievable.
The funeral home could have told the family not to view her if she was in bad shape. That tells me that she was viewable. I hope they sue and win. I had a funeral home do me wrong. I can't get into detail, but this is inexcusable if the allegations are true. Not anybody wants to make up nonsense when dealing with this death of a loved one. Prayers for her family.
what a beautiful angel she was 💟🙏🏿💐😇
Screw his tears, his business lacks integrity. They knew the condition of that poor girl's body was not good, they should have claimed their negligence to the family prior to the funereal day. They could have bit the cost and speared their integrity. Instead they might get sued now for even more money, and their brand is in the toilet.
i wish i hadn't heard that they used black plastic bag to cover her face and feet. Lord have mercy. the disrespect is haunting. the girl was so bubbly and cute in that short clip .
Why is he playing victim and crying... talking about he needs forgiveness ,he is a scumbag bigot
his tears? it was clearly a black woman who they interviewed at the funeral home...
@@banker13132:06 P.S. who ever you’re describing, “black” is not required for the description.
This is absolutely unacceptable. Through all of the wakes I've been to, I've never seen or heard of anything like this before! WTF???
But how many waited 2 wks to have the service?
She was so young does anyone know what happened.
@@MA-mh1vs That sounded a bit irregular to me as well. However, the funeral home is supposed to be professional. If the two week wait was supposed to have such an adverse effect on the corpse, I would have expected the funeral home to inform the clients in advance. Especially if they knew that they could not preserve the corpse for that long and still make it presentable at the wake.
@@HatianHurricane I look into it and 2 weeks was way long. It says for an open casket it should be done within 3 days.
I would have expected they would have been told that. It could be that detail was lost in conversation and then they showed up wanting an open casket and that is why there was makeup on the dress because someone was trying to get it done fast due to a time constraint or the smell.
They did not preserve her body correctly.
My sister passed on April 30th her service was may 20th with an open casket viewing she looked the exact same and we also had a preview the day before to ensure everything was done to our liking im so sorry that this family these people dropped the ball tremendously
Losing a loved one is already hard. That is just gut wrenching to know, they weren't being respectful or responsible for their loved one. Just negligent! You have to honor the deceased. My heart and prayers go out to their family🙏
How did the heatwave play a factor if she was kept in a refrigeration unit? It’s not making sense.
two weeks is demanding on a body, even if refrigerated
@@tomservo5007
Some people bury their family sometimes 3 to 4 months after death and still have an open casket burial.
@@godiseverything1482 That's not possible..the body would have turned black....and skeletonized too by then..
@@margueritemazzeo2904 not if it's embalmed and stored in refrigeration properly before being interned. Even buried, an embalmed body is not going to be skeletal 3 to 4 months after burial. Maybe some small areas of the body but not much. A body found dumped somewhere would be from exposure, but still probably have enough tissue to identify the person. This funeral home was just very negligent and disrespectful with this woman's remains.
@@mellea1316
Thanks Mel Lea....
I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling. I went to a funeral viewing open casket and it was an aunt of mine who had passed away in a motorcycle accident and her body wasn’t recognizable. I think we all can still remember it vividly in our family and are traumatized, but my heart aches for this family and the poor woman who passed away.
“Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out.”
John 5:28, 9
I've been to a funeral where it took a month for the family to get things together and that person was beautiful. I don't understand the funeral home excuses. It's there job to make you look as good as possible under some really bad circumstances at times. Suicides, decomp, gun shot wounds, illness that takes your weight. God bless this family and I really hope they find peace.
I can't even imagine going through this. Absolutely horrible.
im sure more to the story
I actually seen the picture it was horrific I almost cried i got sick to my stomach her mother didn’t deserve to see her like that neither did her children.
I can’t believe she’s gone. She was the best nurse 😍. I had the pleasure working with her. We had so much fun, we laughed so much , dance. I can’t believe you gone Regina 😓😓. It’s so sad 😓
Oh my heart... Lord, please bring comfort to her family.
Unacceptable...........JUSTICE IS NEEDED!!
" There is absolutely NO EXCUSE!"
MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES to the Family. JUST REMEMBER SHE IS WITH THE GOOD LORD, AND SHE IS LOVED FOREVER AND ALWAYS.
That's so disgusting and cruel 😢
I am sorry for the family to have experienced this insensitive, disrespectful, unacceptable, disgraceful raw business. What a disservice. My heart is broken for this family.
My condolences 😔 to the family
🙏
🕊🕯🕊
She was BEAUTIFUL.🌸🤎🏵
Condolences to the family. I’m so sorry.🕊🌱
I’ve had similar experience with a loved one. I’m so sorry this has happen. I hope they seek therapy to cope and find peace that she suffers no more.
The fact that they were only offered an apology, not even a refund, is appalling. Shame on this funeral home. I hope they come under investigation for making a mockery of what should have been a time for peace, mourning, and an honorable send off for this family's loved one. Just sickening. Prayers that the family gets #Justice for Regina.
They were offered no apology the reporter said
@@superwoman9730 the funeral director attempted to go and apologize to the mother during the exposè and she refused.
@@BLAQ_AKBeau ....because they waited till they were being exposed. I wouldn't except the apology either. There's zero justification for any of this.
Does anyone knows how she passed
@@BLAQ_AKBeau this is why you shouldn't wait weeks days or weeks for funeral. My thoughts and prayers and condolence for this beutiful woman's family and I hope they find peace and justice and compensation. Now coming to what saying. In Islam we muslims bury our loved ones within 24 hours. And it is for this very reason that the body of the deceased should not go through this. Once doctor gives cause of death and signs death certificate we go straight into burial process. We don't even like doing post mortems like cutting the body giving it stress but only if that is not in our control like when police is involved to find cause of death incase of murder than we follow law and body stays in morgue for either days or weeks. But we try our best to avoid delays and unnecessary post mortems and just get on with burial and leave our loved ones to rest in peace and be with the creator.
It’s hard enough dealing with a loss, and to go through this is unimaginable
The funeral home should not have waited days to get her body. A body can decomposes very quickly; within 24 hours after death if not embalmed or refrigerated. The funeral home director was right when he said factors that contribute to decomposition is HEAT. He did say that her body was refrigerated. Was it really kept refrigerated or just left out in the heat? Either way this is very disturbing and totally unacceptable the way that her body was presented at the funeral. Condolences 💐 to her family.
Until you sighed a contract they can’t just pick up the body. Also let’s not forget they have to pay first. So that took a week then they asked for two weeks away for the actual date. So three weeks time all chosen by the family.
after 2-3 weeks the body wouldn’t have decomposed much at all if it was refrigerated. I work in a morgue and we have bodies from over a month ago that don’t smell and haven’t really decomposed . That body 100% was left out in the open
The fact that they had the body parts covered with plastic bags should tell you what you need to know. I don't believe they refrigerated the body for 2 weeks and it may have had something to do with insufficient burial insurance or lack of money. Funeral homes charge by the day for refrigeration. My grandmother passed away last December and we had to wait for family members to come back from vacation. She was refrigerated for over 10 days and she was still recognizable. My family was in contact either the funeral home and director every other day. My grandmother had VERY good burial insurance so they funeral home had no problem with getting paid. My dad passed in January 2021 on a Wednesday and we buried him that Friday. We had no problems. I think there was a problem with money covering two weeks of storage and other expenses. If a person doesn't have a lot of money to bury his or her deceased relative then he or she should opt to bury it cremate the deceased as soon as possible. You cannot wait 2 weeks and expect things to go well. Maybe they should have buried the woman and made a video of the funeral. Funeral homes only care about money. We all need to prepare for things like this and not be caught off guard bc other ppl don't have the same concern for your deceased like you would.
@@leftistnazicensorship8882 I buried both of my parents, and both times the funeral home picked up their bodies within hours after I called. I didn't take care of paperwork until the next day.
the process of being in a refrigerator or freezer thawing out for a funeral can cause a lot of damage to the body. If they paid their funeral in full right at pick up there should’ve been no problems waiting two weeks is a long time
This is unimaginable!! What a horrific experience this poor family endured. No one should go through this
They need to close this place down😢 how disrespectful prayers to the family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Oh my. This funeral home is literally minutes away from the mall I used to frequent. The saying “Looks can be deceiving” goes a long way. We’re past the high COVID mortality rates, so this is inexcusable. I hope the family is awarded everything they’re requesting and find solace during this traumatic experience.
Lmfao you act like so many people died of Covid they couldn’t take care of the bodies foh
That’s terrible what this family had to endure 🤦🏽♀️… I hope they get the justice they deserve and deep condolences 💐
What is wrong with those funeral home people?! How do you disrespect a corpse like that? Disrespect the family in their time of bereavement? Smh
You want forgiveness?? You need it??? The nerve of this man!
More grief on top of the unimaginable pain of losing a loved one..
My most sincere condolences to that family
Sorry for the tragedy.
Its so sad that the funeral home could not COMMUNICATE with the family even as late as the day of the funeral thus worsening their trauma.
May her soul find rest & may her family find peace 🙏🙏🙏
My sympathy for this family...so sorry that this tragedy happened to your daughter. I trust you receive justice in the name of your daughter 💕
WHATTTTT??? Did he say "i want forgiveness first and I need it"???? He got some nerve.
Damn i used to work for gibson funeral home in the bronx and iv seen it all. Ortiz funeral home is by far the worst of them all and on every corner in the bx smh. If she had trashbags around her neck and feet it means the embalmer didn't do his/her job properly and the body was damaged during the embalming process and the bags are used to stop overflow of the fluids. I know its painful and may she rest in peace but if this was my loved one i'd call for another funeral home to investigate what kind of work was done to her and then sue the shiiii out of them for emotional distress and desecration of her body. 😢RIP beautiful
Smh, poor baby girl. Thank you for the explanation.
@@shandell279 no problem 😢
It was intentionally done because she was beautiful. 🙏✝️
No excuse for this! This poor family! Sending my prayers and love to them.
My condolence to this family may they find peace ,such a lovely lady. Gives us a bit of caution when a loved one dies as to keep tabs on the hospital call to the funeral home and the pick up which should be immediately and then the follow up with the funeral home on embalming practice and if the funeral is more than a week out then communication with the funeral home as to how and when the body will be prepared for the service and ask questions. My family has been involved in preparing the body for viewing by dressing and grooming our departed for some funerals because it is for us considered a privilege to do so and it secures our comfort knowing they are looking and dressed as they would have wanted. Again so sorry for this family.
DISCUSTING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS POOR FAMILY GETS JUSTICE....JUST EVEN THE AWFUL THOUGHT OF THEM GOING THROUGH THIS.
Losing a loved one, especially one so young, is tragic and devastating enough but to see her in this condition would be catastrophically crushing. My heart goes out to this family.
I am so sorry for your loss, and most importantly how your beautiful daughter was done. My deepest condolences to your family and friends ❤️🙏
Wow, 37 is so young💔 sleep well
Pretty lady🥺
Goodness she was beautiful. Heartfelt hugs and prayers sent out to the family.No one grieving a loved one should have ever endured that.💔🙏🏾🙏🏾❤❤
The way they did her was unacceptable and just flat out lowdown smh
The heat factor? Are they on a deserted island without electricity? If somehow 2 weeks was too long to wait they should have said so. This is their business and definitely not his 1st rodeo. Sounds like he left some horribly incompetent people in charge and ended up traumatizing this poor family. Anyone with any sense would have said we cannot show her like this.
She was so beautiful...so sorry for your loss...
Rest In Peace beautiful lady
after 2-3 weeks the body wouldn’t have decomposed much at all if it was refrigerated. I work in a morgue and we have bodies from over a month ago that don’t smell and haven’t really decomposed . That body 100% was left out in the open
Yep!
That is NOT ok!!! They need to be shut down!
Oh my goodness This is terrible. WHY do people get away with this. It's heartbreaking to hear that her family had to go through all of this. Praying for the family. 🙏
My dad was kept out 2 weeks and he looked like he was sleeping! This is sad and sick on the funeral homes part
My heart aches for this family. My Mum died recently and I was able to see her and sit with her and say goodbye. I felt confident in leaving my Mum with the funeral home. I can't imagine not being able to see her a final time and having that private moment with her. Death is a part of life, but there's a heightened sense of sacred love and being in the presence of spirit that should be honoured properly.
Why wouldn’t they spare the family a second heartbreak, they should have told the family the conditions of her body before just displaying her like that . No respect for the dead or the family. Rest In Peace
because this wouldn't take 'no' as an answer
@@tomservo5007 her body shouldn’t have looked that decomposed at all. She died in her sleep, he states the corner took to long with her body. Corner have fridges too…. Aint no way maggots should be eating at her flesh already, her face mush so badly for being decomposed …and blood on her dress, along with pieces of garbage bags on her….. not too mention the smell…… if embalmed & put on ice you shouldn’t be smelling at all
@@mufasasounds1765 "her body shouldn’t have looked that decomposed ", you saw pictures ? Embalming fluid does have an odor. Does it get stronger after 2 weeks ? Does this place have other similar complaints ? $6k with 2 weeks storage, that's below market rate
@@tomservo5007 You are making things up as you go. Where did you get that the family wouldn't take "no" for an answer? Secondly, the funeral home hasn't denied that the body was decomposed, and didn't report that it was decomposed when they took it from the medical examiner's office. There also pictures of the body while at the medical examiner's office, and the body was not decomposed while in the medical examiner's office.
@@tomservo5007
It was the responsibility of the funeral home to notify the family that the body had decomposed, and further, that there would be challenges in making the body presentable. They didn't do that. Instead, they hid the body from the family as long as they could using lame excuses - such as, "she's naked right now" right up until the funeral, and then used GARBAGE BAGS on the body the day of the funeral to hide the worst areas of decomposition. If nothing else, that *alone* shows the unprofessional conduct of this funeral home. Whether there are other *documented* complaints is completely irrelevant. We have proof in the use of the garbage bags alone in how unprofessionally THIS body and THIS family was treated. Any funeral home that would do this is a disgrace.
God bless this family!
2 things stick out here: #1 White funeral homes typically don't deal with Black bodies. You have good and bad funeral homes in both Black and White communities, but each kind is specialized in taking care of their own kind. What you can't do is randomly pick a funeral home from the phone book, which sounds like what they did, w/o having knowledge of that funeral home's history (i.e. what do people say who has used them in the past? What does their work look like? Have you been to a funeral arranged by them?, etc, etc.). American families typically have a relationship with a particular funeral home. These people were from Haiti and may not have understood that funeral homes here are segregated for the purpose of quality of care, i.e. getting the makeup/ skintoning correct. This facility didn't tell the quiet part outloud because they didn't want to be sued. #2 They waited too long to pick up that body. The Board of Health requires a body to be buried or cremated 14 days after death. It took the funeral home 10 days to pick up the body and then they waited till the family arrived from outside the country. Refrigeration slows down decomposition, it doesn't stop it. Once the body reaches advanced stages of de composition, the options are limited, you can't mask decomposition w/ makeup, which is what it look like happened here! Not every family or culture believes in cremation, which I don't believe these individuals did, as a function of their culture, so it had to be tragic for them to accept this resolution. So sorry for both parties.
Very interesting take, about the specialization of ethnicities.
Why did they wait 10 days? That’s just insane!!!
I was looking for this comment! Black Americans typically go to other Black Americans for our funeral care for many reasons. The most important reason is for dignity in death. Those who state the body was held too long at the funeral home are ignorant to the fact that we have our own practices & customs which a Black funeral home would have understood.
@@LeiLei51 someone said they didn’t pick her up for 10 days. Did they leave her at home? If so, that’s what’s so sad!!! That shouldn’t have happened!
@@tracyt.2534 I was talking about the amount of time the family waited to have the service. The ME picked up the body on June 25 and an autopsy was performed. The funeral home alleges they received the body on the 29th. The family set the funeral for July 9th which is not an inordinate amount of time for a Black family. It sounds like the body was not embalmed or refrigerated. The description is something out of a horror movie & the family should not have been subjected to that.
Condolences to this family
nobody deserves that😥
Whatttttttttt!!!!!!! 😧 This is heartbreaking. 💔💔💔May the family find peace in their hearts. 🤍🕊🤍
When my mom passed away 4 years ago, the funeral home was an absolute godsend. They made the process so much easier. It was 10 days between the day of my mom's passing and her funeral and they made sure that her body was well taken care of.
This experience that this family had is absolutely horrifying. I don't know what I would have done if that had happened to my mother. It's the stuff of nightmares. I wonder if this is one of those discounts/budget funeral homes that cuts corners. My mom's service was expensive, but well worth it. The Peace of mind alone was worth the money.
I'm so glad for your experience but not everyone has money. It's insane to me it costs a bunch of money to put anyone to rest. And then maybe when you don't have much you may end up experiencing this kind of disgrace. Horrible.
Companies nowadays are quick to take your money but the customer service is absolutely DEPLORABLE.
So very sad.
That’s the truth!
Quick pick up that check
Sue
She was so beautiful. They are wrong and need to own their mistake. Oh she was so beautiful smh. 😞🙏🏾🙏🏾
I dont know why this was suggested to me but this is heartbreaking. It's like her family is having to go through her death twice. They had zero respect for the poor woman that passed away and I'm glad they're suing. Sending love and thoughts to her family from Atlanta 💜
Same here. I don’t know where this video came but my condolences
Yes & also like she said...in the Haitian community, the dead are sacred. So so sad!
It’s bad enough to lose a loved one, but for this to happen is unacceptable and disrespectful to the family. My condolences and prayers to the family. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Probably Mexicans
@spiceyky5025 Ha Ha.
This brings back memories of my brother who passed in January of last year. It was during covid. The mortuary would not let my mom see the body. He died in January and his services weren't until April. And they let us finally see his body a week before his services (almost 3 months later). He was unrecognizable. He pretty much looked like a mummy. His skin/body was black looked like he was burned. Horrifying. They said it was because of how long he had been in the freezer but then why weren't we allowed to see him when they first picked up his body.....I never wish this upon anyone. It's so heartbreaking. #LLD #RIPCarnalito
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So sorry. Covid has really affected us in so many different ways.
I wonder how did she die? None of my business but just curious. She looks so young.
She asked stupid questions that didn't evolve her. Better be careful
@@JezusC that's pretty rude of you.
I'm curious too
@@xavierwilliams4119 I seen another video. They said she died in her sleep.
@@JezusC you need help.
So sad!!!! This is horrible!!! SUE THEM!!! This is no way a family should have to remember their loved one. Some of these funeral homes are too shady!!!!
This is what happens when cowboy funeral companies are allowed to operate, all for money, this will only get worse.
Funeral Home in Colorado lost my mothers body. The wrong body was in casket. She was buried for 10 days as another woman with same last name. 10 years and still not over it.
May she rest in peace. The dead should be buried within 7 days. 2 weeks in a heatwave isn't helping. Definitely needs an investigation though.
Not if it's properly refrigerated or embalmed. They didn't do either one in a timely fashion. Bodies can be preserved for weeks or months
@@prophet4L Wrong. Embalming cannot postpone deterioration past one week, even refrigerated. They waited 2 weeks.
The family doesn’t seem to understand that having the cheapest possible arrangements plus at :30 they put off the funeral for TWO WEEKS so the body isn’t going to look “fresh.”
@@prophet4L Very true. My neighbor had to be kept refrigerated for almost a month, while funds were put together, because she didn’t have insurance. Thankfully, she still looked the same!
@@prophet4L Exactly. They handled her body poorly.
I'd being going to jail for homicide ain't no one treating my family like that got me f up
If you tried anything you be in the same funeral home the same day by severe trauma to the colon
@@JezusC 🤡
@@prophet4L I don't care about your job son if I need one I'll hire a good one
I thank God you survived, God is good. Thank you Lord.. 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
What a beautiful young lady😭😭 Rest In Peace 💐💐💐
Just wow. Sending my deepest condolences to this family and all their loved ones. No one should have to go thru an ordeal like this. May their queen R.I.P.
Chelly EXACTLY So Sad ☹️
I hope this place is shut down
This is heartbreaking,my condolences to the family of this beautiful woman .
I looked it up. An embalmed body will last one week before it starts to decompose, even refrigerated. They waited 2 weeks. That’s just too long.
Yup! My aunt had the same issue . My family wanted to wait two plus weeks for the same reason and were told it would then need to be a cremation or closed casket