The remains of different individuals are never intermixed, and fireproof serial number tokens are placed with the body before it’s cremated and remain with the ashes through delivery if verification is needed.
Never is a bold statement. There was a funeral director in my small home town that was found guilty of charging people for services and then not delivering on them. A looot of money was involved. While obviously not the same thing, I don’t have a hard time imagining his laziness and greed getting shit mixed up.
The remains of different individuals are never intermixed, and fireproof serial number tokens are placed with the body before it’s cremated and remain with the ashes through delivery if verification is needed.
Never is a bold statement. There was a funeral director in my small home town that was found guilty of charging people for services and then not delivering on them. A looot of money was involved. While obviously not the same thing, I don’t have a hard time imagining his laziness and greed getting shit mixed up.
Except when this happens
From Aug 21 headlines
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-funeral-home-bodies-pueblo-coroner-e5178e0639e1ee3cb3955effbfce55f4
And this one
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwwy654e2o