Two Babies Found in the Ceiling of a Funeral Home

SUMMARY:

A funeral home in Gary is being sued because they did not bury a stillborn child, 19 years later. They found the bodies of two dead babies in the rafters of the funeral home. The babies were born to different parents at different times, but neither were buried, despite their parents wanting to do so. Apparently it was the former funeral owner who did this, who closed shop shortly after receiving the baby. The parents are, obviously, very upset.

ANALYSIS:

I am honestly very confused as to how and why this happens socially and emotionally. And how it was not discovered earlier. But I’m also confused in a more logic driven way. Funerals cost a lot of money. Burials cost a lot too. So it seems that this person is guilty of fraud with the money. And that isn’t weird, it happens all the time. But at funeral homes it’s normally about overcharging, not pretending to bury bodies and then not doing it.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

So what do they charge this person with? How does this get handled? Who should pay for the second burial? I mean, they paid once, they shouldn’t pay again, but at the same time, money needs to be spent. How do they decide these things? What are the parent's suing for? Shouldn't there be a criminal trial instead of a civil suit? How do they decide these thing? So many questions.