Bodies swapped at funeral home leads to wrong person buried, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit comes after a family realized late last year the person in the casket was not their loved one. Author: Mariah Medina (KENS5) Updated: 12:32 PM CST January 29, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Two San Antonio families are suing a local funeral home after they allege their loved ones’ bodies were mistakenly swapped, leading to the burial of the wrong person.
The lawsuits, filed Monday by the families of Mary Lou Salinas and Catalina Cervantes, allege that the two women died within days of each other in November 2020 and were both taken to Mission Park South for services to be held at a later date. Due to the global pandemic, the funeral home arranged rosaries and interment for the two women several days after their death.