As family said their final farewell, what they saw in the casket was grotesque, suit says
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A funeral that was intended to be a loving memorial to a father from South Gate took a turn for the horrifying when family members approached the casket and found him in a grotesque and oozing state of advanced decay, relatives allege in a lawsuit.The widow and two children of Santos Ramos have sued Risher Mortuary & Cremation Service, alleging that the Montebello-based funeral home botched Ramos’ embalming and deprived the family of a meaningful final farewell.
John Mason, an attorney representing the company, said that the mortuary strongly disputes that it mishandled Ramos’ remains and intends to vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit.Ramos died in L.A.
County from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Jan.20, 2024, leaving behind his wife, Virginia Ramos, and their two children, Santos Rene Ramos and Elizabeth Ramos, according to the complaint filed March 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The family paid Risher $4,131 for funeral and embalming services in preparation for the funeral held at Casa Funeral Espinoza in Mexico.But, when the family examined the body after it arrived in Mexico on March 24, 2024, they discovered it was in a state of “notorious and advanced decomposition.”“The body was visibly deteriorated and was observed discharging liquids from the facial area throughout the entire duration of the viewing and wake,” the complaint alleges.
“The family was horrified and devastated by what they witnessed.” World & Nation A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for corpse abuse.The receiving funeral establishment in Mexico wrote in a March 28, 2024, report that the embalming process “was realized in terrible quality,” noting that the body arrived in a decomposed state and discharged liquids from the face during the entirety of the wake...