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Family of second Alabama prison inmate alleges body was returned with missing organs
NBC News ^ | Jan. 10, 2024 | The Associated Press

Posted on 01/11/2024 9:07:33 AM PST by ransomnote

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The family of a second inmate who died while incarcerated in Alabama’s prison system is alleging that his body was also returned to them with missing organs.

The family of Brandon Clay Dotson, who died in a state prison in November, filed a federal lawsuit last month against the Alabama Department of Corrections and others saying his body was decomposing and his heart was missing when his remains were returned to his family.

In a court filing in the case last week, the daughter of Charles Edward Singleton, another deceased inmate, said her father’s body was missing all of his internal organs when it was returned in 2021.

Lauren Faraino, an attorney representing Dotson’s family, said via email Wednesday that the experience of multiple families shows this is “absolutely part of a pattern.”

The Associated Press sent an email seeking comment late Wednesday afternoon to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Dotson, 43, was found dead on Nov. 16 at Ventress Correctional Facility. His family, suspecting foul play was involved in his death, hired a pathologist to do a second autopsy and discovered his heart was missing, according to the lawsuit.

His family filed a lawsuit seeking to find out why his heart was removed and to have it returned to them.

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Dotson’s family, while seeking information about what happened to his heart, discovered that other families had similar experiences, Faraino said.



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1 posted on 01/11/2024 9:07:33 AM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

DOC apparently thinks they can undercut Uyghur prices.


2 posted on 01/11/2024 9:10:41 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: ransomnote

The Alabama DOC has no heart.


3 posted on 01/11/2024 9:12:25 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: ransomnote

Heart missing?

Try San Francisco..............


4 posted on 01/11/2024 9:13:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: ransomnote

Well organ harvesting of prisoners who leave earth voluntarily or not is good enough for the Chi-Coms. Why not here? Just good government. Sarcasm is heavy with this one.


5 posted on 01/11/2024 9:14:02 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: ransomnote

They need to feed some of those inmates better.

wy69


6 posted on 01/11/2024 9:15:44 AM PST by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: ransomnote

The bodies were returned with the missing organs. That would mean they weren’t missing. If they were in a sack then I would guess it was the guy’s heart, liver and gizzard.


7 posted on 01/11/2024 9:33:58 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: Red Badger

You owe me a new keyboard lol!


8 posted on 01/11/2024 9:35:23 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Red Badger
"Heart missing? Try San Francisco.............."

Ohhhh, that's funny!

9 posted on 01/11/2024 9:38:48 AM PST by jackibutterfly (We have a God Who loves us, and there's nothing we can do about it. Yes!!)
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To: ransomnote

“Is it fresh?”

“Oh, very fresh, master!”

—Igor in “Young Frankenstein”


10 posted on 01/11/2024 9:48:17 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Red Badger; Rennes Templar
Lauren Faraino, an attorney representing Dotson’s family, said via email Wednesday that the experience of multiple families shows this is “absolutely part of a pattern.”

If any family should be able to connect the dots, it would be this one.

11 posted on 01/11/2024 10:04:16 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: ransomnote

You would think that with all of the unaccompanied children coming across the border, they wouldn’t need to have to grab any organs from an American with any connections or family.


12 posted on 01/11/2024 10:16:26 AM PST by MNDude
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To: ransomnote

Is there some kind of implied organ donor law there?


13 posted on 01/11/2024 10:30:01 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Abby...someone.


14 posted on 01/11/2024 10:30:55 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: ransomnote

it was just done to lighten the transportation load- /s


15 posted on 01/11/2024 10:35:25 AM PST by Bob434
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