Thursday, February 21, 2008

Careless: Wrong Body Accidentally Buried After Coroner Confuses Fire Victims


CHARLESTON, West Virginia — Authorities mistakenly released the body of an adult woman to the family of a 2-year-old fire victim, and the woman's body was buried in the girl's grave, officials said.
A routine office check at the state Medical Examiner's Office earlier this week showed that the body of Victoria Hope Starcher of Cottageville was still there. The child and her brother, 4-year-old Joseph Allen Starcher II, were both killed Feb. 8 when their two-story house caught fire. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Gurney's Seed and Nursery