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Salvation Army helps Metro Detroit widow who spent months waiting for husband’s death certificate
A Metro Detroit widow who really suffered because of mistakes at the Wayne County Morgue received life-changing news.
Widow finally gets husband’s death certificate after months of waiting on Wayne County Morgue
A woman has finally received her husband’s death certificate after waiting on the Wayne County Morgue for months, she said.
Widow unable to receive husband’s pension because Wayne County Morgue has not sent death certificate
A veteran is unable to receive her late husband’s 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 issues
Michigan 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.
Michigan Medicine admits mistakes, promises changes at Wayne County Morgue after investigations expose issues
Michigan 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 daughter’s body delivered to funeral with maggots in mouth
Another person spoke with the Local 4 Defenders to share a horror story about how her loved one’s body was treated at the Wayne County morgue.
Mistakes in the Wayne County morgue: Never-before-seen apology letter to family after man’s body left decomposing for 22 days
It’s 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 morgue
About 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 man’s body being at Wayne County morgue until 17 months later
The 59-year-old was found dead in Detroit and brought to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office. Despite ID being on him, his family was not contacted until 17 months had passed.
Wayne County commissioners demand answers after missing woman’s body sits at morgue for months
County 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 family’s knowledge.