The son’s mom, who misplaced him to a automobile accident, claims she was advised after seeing his situation by staff of the funeral residence, “Do not you make a scene,” with one other purportedly telling her the “flies obtained to him.”
Warning: The next story accommodates graphic and disturbing particulars.
A lawsuit filed by a mom in Chesapeake, Virginia reveals some disturbing allegations in opposition to the funeral residence that dealt with the service for her son, who had handed away on Might 2, 2022 from a automobile accident on the age of 24 years previous.
Seven days after his loss of life, Terreon Williams’ household got here collectively at Snelling Funeral Residence to mourn his passing, and had been as an alternative so impacted by what they skilled that they retained a lawyer and have now filed go well with.
In line with the go well with obtained by NBC affiliate WAVY, Terreon’s mom Tabitha Worrell and the household made a $3,000 down fee to the funeral residence to deal with the preparations and scheduled a viewing and repair.
“As mourners approached the physique of Torreon Williams, these folks seen that Torreon Williams’ physique, significantly his face, nostril and mouth, had been lined with and consumed by clumps of maggots,” the lawsuit particulars of what occurred on Might 9, 2022.
Tabitha, “her household, and buddies skilled shock and horror on the grotesque show of the physique of Torreon Williams,” reads the lawsuit.
“They supplied this household with a grotesque freak present,” the household’s legal professional Kevin Sharp advised WAVY. “Maggots pouring out of this younger man’s nostril. Maggots in his mouth, and on his face.”
“I simply bear in mind my sister screaming,” Tabitha’s sister Tiffany Barnhart advised the outlet.

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And he or she additionally remembers how the employees allegedly responded, with Tabitha saying she noticed one feminine staffer “inserting her hand on her, telling her to not make a scene.”
The best way the lawsuit describes the purported encounter, the worker positioned her palms on Tabitha and advised her, “Do not you make a scene.” One other worker allegedly mentioned the “flies obtained to him.”
“She was mortified by the way in which they reacted,” Tiffany advised WAVY. “They nearly appeared to say, ‘You don’t overreact right here.’ You’re the one in charge, not what that they had achieved to her son.”
In line with the lawsuit, the maggots had been on Terreon’s physique for a while and “had been purposely ignored” by staff of the funeral residence. The go well with claims that they had “burrowed into holes in his cheek and moth that had not existed beforehand.”
Tabitha is claiming within the go well with that the funeral residence didn’t “adequately put together, protect and examine” her son’s physique earlier than the general public viewing. Additionally they imagine that Snelling didn’t retailer the physique in a sealed refrigeration setting, and it was thus uncovered to parts.

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WAVY requested Sharp how he believes this might have occurred. Whereas he says the reality will seemingly come out at trial, he provided his ideas. “How this occurred,” he mentioned. “They obtained his physique, and they didn’t correctly clear and disinfect his physique, after which he went by way of the embalming course of. That was improper.”
When reached for remark by WAVY, Hollomon-Brown Funeral Residence, Inc./Snellings Funeral Residence, Inc. CEO Casey Jones shared the next assertion: “The surprising passing of Torreon Williams is tragic, and we prolong our honest condolences to his household. Nevertheless, as a result of the occasions following his loss of life are the topic of ongoing litigation, we don’t imagine it’s acceptable to remark publicly presently.”
The household’s lawsuit additionally claims that in some methods, the household feels as if they’ve misplaced the Tabitha they knew from earlier than this incident, claiming she now suffers “nightmares, trauma, sleeplessness, flashback, anxiousness, despair, nausea, humiliation, embarrassment, grief and horror that’s important and completely impacts all of her actions.”
Tabitha, who’s listed as plaintiff, is in search of $5,000,000, in addition to prices and charges and all different aid deemed honest. The lawsuit states that she continues to incur bills associated to her ongoing “psychological therapy and care.”
The case is ready for Chesapeake Circuit Courtroom’s civil division on July 28 at 8:45 a.m. The courtroom is anticipating a three-day jury trial.

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