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🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Mexico: Military secure the area around the funeral home where "El Mencho" is resting

Mexican military and National Guard secure the funeral home in Guadalajara where narco-trafficker 'El Mencho' is laid to rest following his death in a military operation.

Mar 2 • 03:22 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Family discovers body swap when opening the coffin at the funeral in Italva: what is known about the case

A family in Italva, Brazil, was shocked to discover that the body in the coffin during their mourning was not that of their loved one due to a mix-up by the funeral home.

Feb 28 • 16:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Body exchange at funeral home causes distress in Noroeste Fluminense

A family in Italva, Brazil, faced confusion and embarrassment when a funeral home mistakenly swapped the bodies of their deceased loved ones during a wake.

Feb 27 • 21:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

VIDEO: Coffins from funeral home are swept away by flood in Ubá

Severe flooding in Ubá, Brazil, led to the sweeping away of numerous coffins from a local funeral home, as recorded by a resident during the torrential rain.

Feb 24 • 16:30 UTC
🇨🇿 Novinky.cz
National & Local

Relatives Have Nightmares. Funeral Home in the USA Issued Urns with Dry Cement, Remains Decayed in an Abandoned Building

A funeral home in the USA has come under fire for issuing empty urns filled with dry cement while the actual remains of the deceased decayed in an abandoned building, leaving relatives distraught.

Feb 22 • 19:20 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
National & Local

Incredible Curiosity at the Funeral Home – Confused Corpses

A tragic mix-up of deceased bodies occurred at funeral homes in Varėna, Lithuania, where the remains of elderly women were confused with each other during transportation.

Feb 22 • 15:37 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

In Varėna - a terrifying incident: funeral home mixed up the deceased

In a shocking incident at a funeral home in Varėna, family members discovered another body in the casket of their deceased relative.

Feb 22 • 13:42 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Employee of Funeral Home Made a Serious Mistake with the Hearse – Resulting in a Bill of Over 20,000 Euros

A funeral home employee mistakenly filled a hearse's fuel tank with an additive meant for diesel engines, leading to significant financial repercussions.

Feb 21 • 05:30 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Home Alone star blessed on her final journey

Actress Catherine O'Hara was honored with a Catholic mass in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day following her passing on January 30.

Feb 20 • 19:36 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

Police continues cooperation with the funeral home suspected of crime

The police in Oulu are continuing their collaboration with a funeral home despite suspicions of workplace safety violations and possible discrimination against an employee.

Feb 19 • 17:16 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

The eulogy of Papaligouras’ daughter moved many: “He left holding the hand of his partner”

Lena Papaligouras delivered a heartfelt eulogy for her father, Anastasis Papaligouras, highlighting the themes of dignity in illness and the importance of supportive care at home.

Feb 14 • 12:10 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

'Funeral Block', sponsored by a funeral home, 'Friday, Nobody Knows?', 'WS Electric', and more: see the guide of blocks for the day in BH

The article covers the festive atmosphere of the Carnival in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, highlighting various street blocks including the unique 'Funeral Block' sponsored by a funeral home.

Feb 13 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Funeral home wall collapses due to rain, coffins fall into water in MG; VIDEO

In Bicas, Brazil, a funeral home wall collapsed during heavy rainfall, causing several coffins to fall into a creek, although no injuries were reported.

Feb 9 • 15:36 UTC
🇳🇴 VG
Crime & Justice

Funeral Home Owner Let 189 Bodies Rot - Issued Fake Ashes

A funeral home in Colorado illegally stored 189 decomposing bodies and provided families with fake ashes instead of cremated remains.

Feb 8 • 02:14 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

'Monster' funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses sentenced to 40 years in Colorado prison

A Colorado funeral home director has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for storing 189 decomposing bodies and providing grieving families with fake ashes over four years.

Feb 7 • 06:13 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
Crime & Justice

'Monster': Funeral home owner sentenced over 189 counts of corpse abuse

A Colorado funeral home owner has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for stashing nearly 200 bodies and providing fake ashes to families.

Feb 7 • 05:36 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Colorado funeral home owner jailed for 40 years in decomposing bodies case

Jon Hallford, the owner of a Colorado funeral home, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for storing 189 decomposing bodies and providing families with fake ashes over a four-year period.

Feb 7 • 02:51 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
World

After nearly three years of captivity: The soldier whose funeral was held in 2023 has returned to his family today

A Ukrainian soldier, presumed dead and honored with a funeral in 2023 due to a false DNA identification, has returned home after being exchanged in a prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia.

Feb 5 • 18:18 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

Then Princess Désirée is buried

Princess Désirée will be buried on Thursday, February 19, in the Slottskyrkan in Stockholm, with a private reception following the service at her childhood home.

Feb 5 • 11:04 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

The body of a child who was missing will be buried this Monday in Porto Velho

The funeral of two-year-old Davi Gabriel, who was missing, will take place on Monday afternoon after his body was found in a stream near his home in Porto Velho.

Feb 2 • 20:33 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
Crime & Justice

Client documents of a funeral home fell onto the road. The WSA decided on the penalty

In November 2022, police found personal documents belonging to a funeral home in Puławy on the roadside after they fell from an uncovered vehicle during transit, leading to a legal decision by the WSA regarding the punishment.

Jan 12 • 16:50 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Family handed £2.4m by town after 'dead' woman found gasping for air in body bag

A family received £2.4 million after Timesha Beauchamp was declared dead but was found alive gasping for air in a body bag at a Detroit funeral home.

Jan 7 • 13:30 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
National & Local

Parents who buried their baby could not enter the funeral home

In a case in Gornji Hrašćan, the parents of a deceased baby were denied access to the funeral home during the burial, prompting concern and condemnation from a local official regarding discrimination against the Roma community.

Jan 6 • 14:45 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Sports

The miracle of the banderillero who returned from the dead: "The doctors told my wife to prepare everything in the funeral home"

Ricardo Santana, a banderillero, celebrates his second birthday after surviving a life-threatening bullgoring in 2025 that left him near death for over seven months.

Jan 5 • 01:00 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
National & Local

Journalist Joan Armengol dies at 91

Joan Armengol, a prominent journalist known for his long career in Spanish radio and television, has passed away at the age of 91, with mourning services scheduled at the Sancho de Ávila funeral home in Barcelona.

Jan 4 • 17:37 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

Anthony Joshua flies home to UK ahead of funeral after friends died in car crash

British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua returned to the UK to attend the funeral of his friends who died in a car crash.

Jan 3 • 11:55 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Sports

Anthony Joshua makes heartbreaking visit to funeral home after friends' tragic deaths

Anthony Joshua visited a funeral home to pay respects to his friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, who died in a tragic accident after he was discharged from the hospital following his own injuries.

Jan 1 • 09:58 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
National & Local

'Dead' father woke up in body bag at funeral home hours after he 'died'

A 78-year-old farmer named Walter Williams stunned the world when he unexpectedly came back to life hours after being declared dead, just before he was about to be embalmed at a funeral home.

Dec 29 • 08:00 UTC

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