Salvation Army helps Metro Detroit widow who spent months waiting for husbandโs death certificateA Metro Detroit widow who really suffered because of mistakes at the Wayne County Morgue received life-changing news.
Widow finally gets husbandโs death certificate after months of waiting on Wayne County MorgueA woman has finally received her husbandโs death certificate after waiting on the Wayne County Morgue for months, she said.
Widow unable to receive husbandโs pension because Wayne County Morgue has not sent death certificateA veteran is unable to receive her late husbandโs pension because she has not received his death certificate from the Wayne County Morgue. He died seven months ago.
Michigan Medicine will no longer run Wayne County Morgue after Local 4 exposes long list of issuesMichigan Medicine will no longer run the Wayne County Morgue after a Local 4 investigation exposed a long list of issues, including decomposing bodies and the wrong person being buried.
The Defenders uncover a big mistakeLocal 4 Defender Karen Drew got a tip that a body, identified as a woman, was buried.
Michigan Medicine admits mistakes, promises changes at Wayne County Morgue after investigations expose issuesMichigan Medicine has promised that changes will come to the Wayne County Morgue. The promise comes after a series of reports by the Local 4 Defenders.
Who runs the Wayne County morgue?: Woman says daughterโs body delivered to funeral with maggots in mouthAnother person spoke with the Local 4 Defenders to share a horror story about how her loved oneโs body was treated at the Wayne County morgue.
Mistakes in the Wayne County morgue: Never-before-seen apology letter to family after manโs body left decomposing for 22 daysItโs taken four years for Garry and Patti Javizian to publicly speak about what happened to their 32-year-old son Gregory.
Get Caught Up: What the Local 4 Defenders have learned about issues at Wayne County morgueAbout a week after a Local 4 Defenders investigation first exposed problems at the morgue, the medical examiner was brought in before a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services board.
Family says it was not notified of manโs body being at Wayne County morgue until 17 months laterThe 59-year-old was found dead in Detroit and brought to the Wayne County Medical Examinerโs Office. Despite ID being on him, his family was not contacted until 17 months had passed.
Wayne County commissioners demand answers after missing womanโs body sits at morgue for monthsCounty commissioners are demanding answers after the body of a woman believed to be missing sat in the morgue for seven months before being cremated without the familyโs knowledge.
Family finds out missing womanโs body had been at Wayne County morgue for months, then crematedThe family said the morgue kept saying it didnโt have the 31-year-old mother.