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Austin mortuary employee accused of experimenting on corpses, filing fraudulent death certificates

A North Austin mortuary employee is now facing multiple felonies in connection with alleged “experiments" on corpses and fraudulently-obtained death certificates.
Austin American-Statesman on MSN.com · 6d

Austin funeral home owner charged with abusing corpses, fabricating death certificates

An Austin funeral home owner has been charged after police accused her of tampering with bodies and fabricating death certificates.
Icon for www.pbs.orgPBS · Nov 18, 2015

Documenting Death -- The Certificate

Why Do We Need a Death Certificate? The IRS may disagree, but the death certificate is arguably the most important legal document in existence. It's the only legal proof that someone has died.