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Funeral Home Sends Brain to Family
Albuquerque Journal ^ | Wednesday, January 06, 2010 | Vic Vela

Posted on 01/06/2010 12:45:22 PM PST by woofie

SANTA FE — Members of a New Mexico family are suing an Española funeral home after they found their grandmother's brain in the bag of personal effects given to them after her death.

The discovery was made the day after the interment, when relatives "smelled a foul odor coming from the bag" they received from DeVargas Funeral Home and Crematory of the Española Valley, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of four family members in state District Court in Albuquerque.

The bag had been left inside a family member's truck overnight. When family members opened it, they found, along with the woman's belongings, a separate bag that was labeled with her name and the word "brain," the lawsuit alleges.

"Wouldn't you agree that it was a horrible mistake?" Albuquerque attorney Richard Valle told the Journal. Valle, along with attorney Crios O'Cleireachain, filed the lawsuit. "No loved one's brain should ever be part of those belongings."

The brain has since been buried with the woman's body.

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: brain; dead; napl
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To: martin_fierro
I wish these were brains.

BRAINS?!!

81 posted on 01/07/2010 7:21:06 AM PST by uglybiker (BACON!!)
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To: woofie; The Comedian
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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Cheers!

82 posted on 01/09/2010 7:26:13 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.http://home.tia)
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To: reagan_fanatic
Can you lift out the "Z" (spoof of "O") button from the left hand poster and make it into a separate .gif?

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83 posted on 01/09/2010 7:31:09 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.http://home.tia)
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To: Palladin
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84 posted on 01/09/2010 7:32:13 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.http://home.tia)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
So many...

And all of them true.

All of them.

85 posted on 01/09/2010 7:40:57 AM PST by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: grey_whiskers

:)

We must watch the same movies.


86 posted on 01/09/2010 10:17:05 AM PST by Palladin (Obama as President? "Totally unacceptable.")
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