Mortuary attendant held over missing body in Delta

Mortuary attendant held over missing body in Delta

by Joseph Anthony
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Delta police have arrested a mortuary attendant in Oghara, Ethiope West council area following the disappearance of the body of a 58-year-old woman, Mrs Patience Amughoro, from a private hospital morgue.

It was gathered that the deceased died last year after a brief illness.


It was learnt the family had planned to bury her on February 20, but weโ€™re stunned when on Saturday they arrived at the morgue to find that the body was missing.
A family source Okiemute said the morgue attendant had earlier presented a body but on close examination it was found that it was not Amughoroโ€™s.
He said, โ€œThat was when he began searching, pacing up and down looking for the body before admitting the body was missing.โ€
Continuing, โ€œWe were shocked. There was no explanation. We had made arrangements to give our aunt a good send-off, and it hurts that we donโ€™t have her body.
Another source said, โ€œWe were surprised that a whole dead body should go missing from a mortuary. I have never heard of a corpse developing legs and leaving the morgue.โ€
Delta Police image maker, Edafe Bright , confirmed the incident, adding that investigation was ongoing.

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