The Funeral Home that placed the wrong body in the wrong casket for a viewing was not properly registered with the State of Colorado. The State of Colorado has closed Pipkin Funeral Home until it’s investigation of the matter of the wrong body in the wrong Casket is closed. there was also another incident here they buried the deceased in a wrong casket.
The State of Colorado has closed the wrong body, wrong Casket Funeral Home
“The state has ordered a funeral home that mixed up the bodies of two women to close next week so regulators can investigate the incident.
Pipkin Mortuary mistakenly buried the remains of Imogene Jackson, 64, in a casket that should have held Evelyn Jackson.
The interred body was exhumed, and Pipkin held Imogene Jackson’s funeral Saturday.
Chris Lines, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, said the mortuary will be shut down as of Monday as the state investigates.
“We will want an accounting of everything that happened in this situation,” Line said.
Pipkin was already in violation of regulations calling for all funeral homes in the state to register by Jan. 1, Lines said. Funeral homes have had since November to submit their applications.
Pipkin officials brought in their registration application Monday morning.
The state won’t review the application until the investigation is complete.”via www.denverpost.com
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