Organs

Lawsuit Claims Alabama Prisoners’ Organs Missing, UAB Responds to Autopsy Allegations

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In response to a federal lawsuit that claims two families received the bodies of their deceased relatives without certain organs, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has addressed the allegations surrounding autopsy practices. The lawsuit was filed in December 2023, involving the case of Brandon Clay Dotson, who died at Ventress prison in Barbour County. Dotson’s family filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) after allegedly receiving his decomposing body without a heart. Another inmate’s daughter, Charlene Drake, also claimed that her father’s body was missing all internal … Read more

Shocking Allegations: Lawsuit Claims Alabama Inmates’ Bodies Returned Missing Hearts and Organs

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Birmingham, Alabama – The families of two deceased inmates in Alabama’s prison system have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that their loved ones were returned without their hearts or other organs. The lawsuit, filed against the Alabama Department of Corrections and others, claims that the body of Brandon Clay Dotson, who died in November, was decomposing and missing his heart when it was returned to his family. In another case, the daughter of Charles Edward Singleton, who also died while incarcerated, stated in court documents that her father’s body was missing all of his internal … Read more