Funeral

nazarethman/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — The family of Dexter Wade held a funeral on Monday afternoon for the 37-year-old man who was fatally struck by an off-duty police officer in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 5 and was buried in a potter’s field for more than five months before authorities notified his family. The Rev. Al […]

nazarethman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of Dexter Wade is set to hold a funeral on Monday afternoon for the 37-year-old man, who was fatally struck by an off-duty police officer in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 5 and was buried in a potter’s field for more than five months before authorities notified his family. […]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (DENVER) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 189 decomposing bodies were found have now been arrested, according to authorities. The improperly stored bodies sparked the governor to declare a local disaster emergency and call for assistance from the FBI. On Wednesday, the owners of the funeral home, Jon and […]

Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (WAILUKU, Hawaii) — As a funeral director at the Nakamura Mortuary in Wailuku, Maui, Carol Chaney is no stranger to dealing with death — but usually, it’s other people’s losses. Now, with the wildfires having caused what Hawaii Governor Josh Green called “likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Relatives and friends poured into a funeral home in the Bronx Friday to pay respect and condolences to the family of Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez, an 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas last month. Teddy bears and pink balloons featuring Minnie Mouse surrounded the […]