A lawsuit has been filed against a coroner in Kentucky for allegedly leaving a corpse in a hot car to rot. During the funeral, the fragrance caused guests and pallbearers to vomit.
Kentucky Coroner Faces Lawsuit Alleging Mishandling of Deceased Body, Resulting in Disruptive Funeral
Basill Peyton, Nathan Peyton’s brother who died on December 30, 2022, filed the complaint. According to the lawsuit, Raymond Vancleave, the coroner. On the day of Nathan’s death, it scooped up his body and left it in his heated car for several hours.
The body began to disintegrate quickly in the heat, according to the lawsuit. When Vancleave finally took the body to the mortuary, the stench was so overpowering that it made personnel sick.
Vancleave is also accused of failing to properly prepare Nathan’s body for the funeral, according to the lawsuit. And that the stench of the decomposing body was so overwhelming that guests and pallbearers puked.
Vancleave has refuted the lawsuit’s allegations. He claims to have left Nathan’s body in his car for a brief time. Because he was preoccupied with other matters and did not believe the body would disintegrate that soon.
Concerns Over Handling of Deceased Body by Kentucky Corone
The litigation is still underway, and it is unknown what will happen next. However, the lawsuit’s allegations are extremely alarming. And they raise major concerns regarding the quality of treatment delivered by Vancleave to Nathan Peyton.
Vancleave is also accused of failing to properly prepare Nathan’s body for the funeral, according to the lawsuit. And that the stench of the decomposing body was so overwhelming that guests and pallbearers puked.
Vancleave has refuted the lawsuit’s allegations. He claims to have left Nathan’s body in his car for a brief time. Because he was preoccupied with other matters and did not believe the body would disintegrate that soon.
The litigation is still underway, and it is unknown what will happen next. However, the lawsuit’s allegations are extremely alarming. And they raise major concerns regarding the quality of treatment delivered by Vancleave to Nathan Peyton.
