Sharolyn Jackson, 50, was laid to rest by her devastated family after authorities signed a death certificate and released her body.
Her relatives even posted a touching obituary in their local newspaper. But a week ago Jackson was found alive at a mental health facility in central Philadelphia.
Her son, Travis, passed on the good news to her father David Minnie, who was overjoyed.
“You know you feel you’re just about to get over it, that she’s dead, then Travis comes here with the good news that she’s alive,” he said.
Sharolyn was reported missing from her West Philadelphia home on July 18. When a body of a woman fitting her description was found two days later in a nearby street, officials thought it could be her.
A social worker who knows Jackson, and her son Travis, both identified pictures of the dead woman.
The Medical Examiner’s Office then signed a death certificate, which allowed an undertaker to remove her body for funeral services and burial.
‘They showed Travis black and white photos. It looked like her,” her father said.
The Philadelphia Health Department insists all proper procedures were followed and, with two people, including a family member, identifying her, it was following the rules to hand over the body.
An investigation has now been launched into whose body is in fact buried in the grave thought to be Jackson’s.
Officials know the woman died from natural causes and are trying to get permission to exhume the body.
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