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Mix-up leads to cremation of wrong baby
Ohio coroner issues apology
Updated: Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 3:24 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 1:22 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio coroner is apologizing while saying that's not enough to make up for a mix-up that resulted in an infant's body being cremated by mistake.
Franklin County Coroner Jan Gorniak in Columbus said Monday that an employee in her office misidentified two dead children and released the wrong body to a funeral home.
Fourteen-month-old Jaylen Talley was cremated, though his family planned to bury him in a tiny white tuxedo.
Gorniak says the employee has been placed on paid leave while the matter is investigated. She says procedures in her office are being changed.
Jaylen's family members say they want assurances that changes will be made.
The boy died last week. The family says he had suffered breathing difficulties since birth.
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