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The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

New Jersey woman sues funeral home after her father wasn’t buried in 1993

A white building with grass and shrubs in the front surrounded by trees
The John F Pfleger funeral home in Middletown, New Jersey. Photograph: Google Maps

A New Jersey woman is suing a funeral home after finding out her father was never buried, and his remains were kept in a basement for years.

After Debbie Uraga’s father, a veteran, died on 16 May 1993 due to health complications, she frequently visited his gravesite near her home, according to CBS News, doing so every year on his birthday and Father’s Day. Uraga, 69, assumed her father’s body was underground beneath his headstone – alongside her deceased mother, brother and sister.

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