A Philadelphia woman has shown up alive 13 days after her
family buried her in an emotional service, USA. Sharolyn Jackson, 50, was laid
to rest at Colonial Memorial Park by her devastated family on August 3,
following the Philadelphia Medical Examiner signing a death certificate and
releasing a body believed to be hers.
"I had to call my wife and give her the sad news over
the phone you know, that they'd just found our daughter dead," her father
Dave Minnie said.
But last Friday, Jackson showed up alive at a mental health
facility in central Philadelphia.
Her son, Travis, passed on the good news to her father, who
was overjoyed.
"You know you feel you're just about to get over it,
that she's dead, then Travis comes here with the good
news that she's alive," he said laughing.
Jackson was reported missing from her West Philadelphia home
on July 18.
When a body of a woman fitting her description was found on
July 20 on a West Philadelphia street, officials thought it could be her.
A social worker who knows Jackson, and Travis, both
identified pictures of the dead woman as the missing Jackson.
The Medical Examiner's Office then signed a death
certificate, which allowed an undertaker to remove her body for funeral
services and burial. 'They showed (Travis) black and white photos.
"It looked like her," Minnie said. The
Philadelphia Health Department insists all proper procedures were followed and,
with two people, including a family member, identifying her, it was following
protocol to hand over the body.
Happy: Her father Dave Minnie, pictured, is thrilled his daughter is alive but he feels sad for the family of the unknown woman buried in Jackson's grave
An investigation has now been launched into whose body is in
fact buried in the grave thought to be Jackson's.
Officials know the woman died from natural causes and her
body was found on the street on July 20.
They are seeking an order to exhume the body in an attempt
to identify the woman.
Minnie said that while he was thrilled to have his daughter
back, he feel's great sorrow for the family whose loved one is buried at the
gravesite.
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