In a shocking turn of events, six families who had loved ones die in the Alabama state prison system have filed lawsuits against the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections and others. The families allege that their family members' bodies were returned to them missing internal organs after undergoing state-ordered autopsies.
One family recounted the distressing experience of discovering that their deceased relative's internal organs were missing when the body arrived at the funeral home. The family had not given permission for the organs to be retained or destroyed. Subsequently, the family retrieved a sealed red bag containing what they were told was their loved one's organs from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where the autopsy had been performed, and buried it along with the deceased.
