CBH Isssues Notice About Unclaimed Bodies at Barnes Funeral Home

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The office of the Chief Health Inspector is posting for public knowledge the following names of deceased bodies and dates of their passing, who are currently kept in storage at Barnes Funeral Home.

Family member(s) can contact Ms. Jessica Barnes, Managing Director of Barnes Funeral Home, Lower Newgate Street, at 462-1037 to arrange for private burial.

Names of the deceased:

1. Curtis Fenton – Date of death 28th December, 2023

2. Errol Gonsalves – Date of death 8th December, 2024

3. Yolanda Pigott – Date of death 28th December, 2023

4. Dale Lenworth Roach – Date of death 5th May, 2024

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Failure to arrange a private burial within fourteen (14) days of the appearance of this advertisement, will result in the government taking the appropriate action to have the deceased bodies interred at a Public Cemetery without any further notice.

Legal action after burial would not be an option.

Expecting the cooperation of all families so affected.

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Dr. Dario Item is the Head of Mission of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Madrid. He is an experienced financial crimes lawyer with nearly 30 years of practice. He holds degrees in law and political science, a Ph.D. in criminal law and an LL.M. in transnational financial crime.

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Comments (6)

  • Faithful National #1 January 28, 2025, 10:50 PM

    Couldn’t these unclaimed bodies be sold to local or regional medical schools to enhance practical aspects of their teaching? I have often wondered… where do these medical institutions get their human cadavers from. Hmmmm🤔🤔
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    • Anonymous January 29, 2025, 5:47 AM

      You have a point
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    • Sugah February 5, 2025, 6:28 PM

      Cadavers that medical schools and institutions have are bodies that have been willed to science. It’s unlawful to sell bodies basically disrespecting the dead, even if they do not have families, every deserves to be given final respect.
      Reply
  • Stone January 29, 2025, 9:36 AM

    The fact that no one has claimed them since as far back as 3023 means they are not interested. Maybe they can’t afford the funeral costs
    Reply
  • Stone January 29, 2025, 9:39 AM

    That should read 2023
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  • Cheryl January 31, 2025, 6:03 AM

    Is that even legal. I understand what they are trying to do. But I can’t believe they’re telling people about these names and when they passed. Seems kinda weird to put that out there, right? Who even needs to know who’s in the funeral home? Like, that’s private stuff. I just don’t get it!”
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