A family in New Mexico was mortified when they found their recently deceased grandmother’s brain had been sent to them with her personal effects.
The bag, which had been sent to them by the DeVargas Funeral Home in Espanola Valley, New Mexico, was left inside a family member’s truck overnight, and when one of the family noticed a ‘foul odour’, they soon made the gruesome discovery.
Opening the bag, they found among their gran’s possessions a bag labelled with her name and the word ‘Brain’, the lawsuit alleges.
“No loved one’s brain should ever be part of those belongings,” said lawyer Richard Valle, representing the family.
Johnny DeVargas, owner of the funeral parlour, insisted his company was not at fault and that blame lay with another funeral home in neighbouring Utah.
“All I can say is DeVargas did absolutely nothing wrong and that the family was well cared for,” DeVargas told the Albuquerque Journal.
“The family was very meticulously cared for and they were very pleased with our service.”
The woman, identified only by her initials in the lawsuit, was killed in a road accident in Utah last September.
SOURCE: METRO.co.uk
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