They planned a traditional funeral which included an open casket, which is El Salvadoran tradition. On the day of the funeral, his family opened the casket to find the body of a stranger inside.

Francisco Quintanilla grins in this undated photo. On Tuesday, Quintanilla’s family filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court against La Paz Funeral Services, Inc. for sending them the wrong ...

Quintanilla died on Nov. 7, 2024. After his death, the family decided to have his remains taken to his hometown in El Salvador for an open-casket funeral with extended family and old friends.

Emmett Till’s mother declined an offer from the mortician to “touch up” her son’s body, and she made the decision to have an open casket funeral. “I think everybody needed to know what ...