Sisters Discover Stranger's Body in Their Mother's Casket Due To Funeral Home Mix-Up

Two sisters from US' North Carolina were left shocked after finding a stranger's body inside the casket that was supposed to contain their mother.

Jennifer Taylor and Jennetta Archer lost their mother Mary last month. When they arrived at the funeral home for the service, they find an unknown woman ¡ª with no resemblance to their mother ¡ª lying in her casket, WAVY-TV reported.

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¡°We just couldn¡¯t understand how this could happen,¡± Taylor told local news station WAVY in an interview this week.

¡°There¡¯s no similarity in the person,¡± said Archer. ¡°Their size was way off. When the first person had the clothing on, she was swimming in the clothes because she was so small compared to my mother."

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The sisters claim that Hunter's Funeral Home in Ahoskie, failed to acknowledge the issue and even denied that the person was someone else. Their mom's body was eventually located in the embalming room, the report said.

"It would have been a different situation if they had just come upfront and addressed it immediately to show that yes, they did, they made an error," Archer said.

The bodies were quickly switched back, allowing Mary Archer's service to continue. However, the sisters told WAVY that they felt dissatisfied with how the business handled the situation.