Tennessee home may have placed wrong body in casket

A devastated family say they turned up at a funeral home to view their dead uncle’s body, only to find that someone else was in his casket wearing his suit.

Benjamin Brown Jr. died last week in Chattanooga, Tennessee due to complications with his lengthy battle with diabetes. 

His family visited the John P. Franklin Funeral Home on Wednesday for the visitation when they were confronted with the wrong body.

Brown’s nephew, Dominique Brown, told ABC News 4 that the funeral home had dressed the wrong person in his uncle’s suit before placing them in the casket they had picked out.

‘They had to take the clothes off the other guy and put them on my uncle,’ he said.

An outraged Dominique said the funeral home should have realized their mistake given his uncle had both his legs amputated as a result of his diabetes. 

He said his family knew right away there had been a mix up when the casket was opened and they saw ‘legs and nice slacks.’

His family visited the John P. Franklin Funeral Home (above) on Wednesday for the visitation when they were confronted with the wrong body

Brown’s family said the elderly man had both his legs amputated due to complicattions with his diabetes, but the body inside his coffin still had both limbs

‘We feel real disrespected. There’s nothing they can do to fix this problem,’ Dominique said.

The funeral home apologized in a statement for the grief caused to the Brown family. 

‘We have been in communication with the members of the family who are directly responsible for the arrangements, and we are committed to resolve any issues they may have,’ it read.

‘As this time, we are looking into the matter… will continue to work with the family to address all issues of concern.’ 

Brown’s nephew, Dominique Brown, said the funeral home had dressed the wrong person in his uncle’s suit before placing them in the casket they had picked out