A Sacramento funeral home is being sued for losing the remains of an El Salvadoran man who died in the United States, with ...

Draped in an American flag with only 48 stars, a casket held the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W. Crossland Jr.

A Salvadoran family is suing a Sacramento funeral home for sending them the wrong body and then later shipping them the correct remains in a state of decomposition.

A California funeral home has been accused of shipping the wrong body of a loved one to his family in El Salvador and then later delivering the man’s remains in a “horrifying” state of decomposition.

The family of Francisco Quintanilla is suing La Paz Funeral Services for sending them the wrong body for an open-casket funeral in in their home country of El Salvador.

On the day of the funeral, “things went horribly wrong,” according to the lawsuit. The family opened the casket and saw a stranger instead of Quintanilla. The lawsuit alleges that La Paz told ...