Family sues after funeral home sends son’s brain in unmarked leaking box

<p>Remains of Timothy Garlington shipped from Georgia funeral home to another in Pennsylvania</p><p>Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son’s brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car and got on the father’s hands when he moved it, according to an updated lawsuit filed this week.</p><p>The father, Lawrence Butler, said the discovery was overwhelming at a news conference on Thursday, leaving a horrific memory that mars the other memories of a “good young man”, their son, Timothy Garlington.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/brain-box-funeral-home-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a>