In that case a mortuary worker found in a freezer an empty bag that should have contained the body part.
In Nova Friburgo, where more than 250 people were killed, officials say they are having to bury bodies without being able to identify them first because there's not enough room in the mortuary.
At the mortuary that morning, the coffin had already been closed.
Part of a mortuary technician's job involves preparing the deceased for viewings by the next of kin.
A 50-year-old South African man woke up inside a mortuary over the weekend and screamed to be let out - scaring away attendants who thought he was a ghost.
It seems odd today, but there was nothing unusual about a school mortuary then.
After burying his mother nine months earlier, a client of the local mortuary finally had enough money to purchase the expensive coffin he'd originally wanted.
At the Jiangyou City mortuary, officials said they had received 100 more bodies today, just from nearby urban areas.
Each left the mortuary, awkwardly wiping his eyes.
Her eyes were shut. If it was not for the fact you could see her breathing - and the odd flutter of her eyelid - she could indeed have been a body in a -mortuary.
"I would imagine that many of these mortuary caves are for large extended families," Aldenderfer said.
A grieving widow said it was “like losing her husband again” after she received the wrong body for burial following a mistake by mortuary workers.
In addition to the newfound mortuary caves, Aldenderfer's team has found nearby caves that were created later, likely for use as living Spaces.
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