It’s been a
roller-coaster of emotions for one family in Philadelphia, who put their
50-year-old relative to rest – only to find out 13 days after the funeral that
she was alive and well.
Sharolyn
Jackon was reported missing on July 18, when two days later a body fitting her
description was found by officers on a street.
Jackson’s son
Travis and a social worker positively identified the body and spent the
following days and weeks arranging the funeral.
They buried
what they believed to be their relative – but were stunned two weeks ago when
officials told them that Jackson had walked into a mental health facility in
the city.
The spot in
which Jackson’s family thought they had buried her (Picture: Chris Murphy) ‘You
feel that you’re just about to get over it, that she’s dead – and then Travis
comes here with the news that she’s alive,’ said her father, Dave Minnie.
‘We were
happy that our daughter was alive, but we were also unhappy on account of the
person that we buried.’
The
authorities do not know the identity of the person who was in fact buried, and
have placed a request for the body to be exhumed. It is understood that the
woman had died of natural causes and an investigation has been launched.
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