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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

FedEx mocked over Twitter apology for losing package with human remains three years ago

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A FedEx Twitter account that seems to provide automated responses for shipping concerns and queries found itself apologising for a missing package last week – however, the parcel in question had been missing for three years. Worse yet, it contained human remains (which is, importantly, against the company’s own rules).

On Thursday evening, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shared an article on their own Twitter account with a caption that matched the story’s title: “Man’s body still missing 3 years after Georgia medical examiner shipped it via FedEx”.

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