Funeral home that ‘shipped grandma’s body to wrong country busted on TikTok’

A ceremonial location allegedly shipped a grandmother’s assemblage to the incorrect state by mistake – and the household recovered retired connected TikTok.

When Carmen Maldonado died aged 96 connected May 18, her household retained Rivera Funeral Home to nonstop her remains to Ecuador.

After immoderate clip passed, Maldonado’s children were told by relatives that they saw a video connected TikTok indicating that her assemblage coiled up successful a antithetic Latin American country, and was rotting.

Maldonado’s casket was shipped to Guatemala, which is astir 1,400 miles distant from the requested destination, according to tribunal documents obtained by the PIX11 News.

Only aft the household confronted the ceremonial location did they admit the mistake, alleges suit filed successful the New York State Supreme Court connected Wednesday.

‘It is unconscionable however specified egregious actions tin instrumentality place. No magnitude of wealth is capable to clasp the Rivera Funeral Home & RG Ortiz accountable for their mistake,’ stated the family’s lawyer, Phil Rizzuto, according to PIX 11 News.

‘They did not adjacent notify the household of what happened. I cannot statesman to ideate what the household was feeling erstwhile they saw this connected TikTok.’

The suit alleges that ‘Carmen Maldonado was not decently prepared for transport and was carelessly sent to the incorrect state portion successful the attraction and custody of the defendant, RG ORTIZ FUNERAL HOME, INC.’

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