KUSA-TV
Denver CO
Nov 23, 2011
DENVER – Robert Mitchell’s enormous family, 16 living siblings in all, gathered in Denver from around the country for his viewing and funeral, not knowing he’d already been cremated and buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery under another man’s name.
Mitchell spent the final moments of his life at the Denver Hospice at Lowry on Nov. 10. So did Perry Heath of Aurora.
Denver Hospice disputes what happened in the hours after their deaths, but what’s known is this: Their bodies were switched and handled according to the instructions of the other.
Read the full article and see video (4:18) at KUSA-TV
NOTE: If the KUSA-TV video is not available, a shorter version is posted at:
Hospice blaming morgue for corpse mix-up (MSNBC video 2:34).
