Denver mortuary that buried wrong body to operate on probation for 3 years under agreement
By APTuesday, February 16, 2010
Colo. mortuary that mixed up bodies can stay open
DENVER — A Denver funeral home that mistakenly switched the bodies of two women, burying and then exhuming one, will be allowed to continue operating under a state agreement calling for three years of probation.
Pipkin Mortuary admitted Tuesday in an agreement with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies that there had been a “mix-up” with the handling of the bodies, causing it to bury Imogene Jackson Jan. 29.
The agreement did not detail how the mistake happened. Mortuary owner J. Mark Pipkin didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
Jackson’s body was exhumed after her family told the mortuary another woman was in her casket during a viewing.
The state can revoke the mortuary’s license if it fails probation, which includes random monthly checkups.
(This version CORRECTS corrects spelling of mortuary.)
