MISTAKES IN THE MORGUE

Funeral home directors are speaking out about how they’re treated by the Wayne County Morgue.

The Wayne County Morgue medical examiner was called in to answer questions after the Local 4 Defenders exposed months of mistakes in the morgue.

Why did it take two years for the Wayne County Morgue to positively identify a man’s remains when his ID was found near him?

I’ve exposed several issues at the Wayne County Morgue and the investigation isn't over yet.

The manhunt for an accused murderer came to an end only after police discovered their suspect had been in the Wayne County morgue the entire time.

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.

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.

It’s taken four years for Garry and Patti Javizian to publicly speak about what happened to their 32-year-old son Gregory.

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.

Just more than a week after a Local 4 Defenders investigation exposed problems at the Wayne County Morgue, the medical examiner was brought in before a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services board.

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.

The family said the morgue kept saying it didn’t have the 31-year-old mother.