Funeral director is hostage and hunts for relatives: “There is no clear regulations, this is corpse pikkerij”

Teresa Sdralevich (56), a graphic designer from Jette, unexpectedly lost her ex-partner at the beginning of this year. A few hours after his death, his body was ‘hostage’ by a Brussels funeral director. “I had not given permission, but he still wanted to release the body after payment.” According to the federation of funeral directors, there is a true war going on between competitors. “Ees funeral director told me that the body was in his own funerarium and that he would do the funeral.”

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