Weeks after a river bank collapse at St. Matthew's Cemetery forced them to relocate 200-plus bodies, at least one family has yet to find their loved one.
The family of David Charles Brown says he was one of 216 that were moved out of the Garden of the Shepherd.
The cemetery says they successfully re-buried Brown in the St. James Garden and guided the Browns to the exact burial site.
According to Brown's daughter, there was a headstone at the site — a marker she says she has yet to pay for and does not belong to her father.
Barry Covert represents at least 100 families who are displeased with the cemetery for moving the bodies without notice.
"The family members don't truly believe that this marking is their loved one, even if it says, but for Davisha, she has not been able to locate where the cemetery claims that her father was buried, and I have other clients who tell me the exact same thing, that they cannot find where their loved one is buried,” said Covert.
St. Matthew's Cemetery says all re-internments were logged and updated to be certain there was no room for error.
The cemetery has also filed a suit seeking a retroactive order to approve their decision to move the bodies.