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Sisters accuse cemetery of botched burial

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FRANKFORT, KY (WAVE) - Grief stricken sisters from Franklin County say not only did they have to deal with the loss of their mother, now they are trying to cope with what they call a botched burial.

"Truly, they had gone, placed it into the ground to cover up hide what had really happened" said Ruth Ritter.

Ritter says workers at Sunset Memorial Gardens used a backhoe to lower her mother's casket into the ground. Only the casket fell, broke and their mother's body tumbled to the ground.

"They had just simply scooped her up and stuffed her in there and shut the lid," said Ritter.

Franklin County Coroner Will Harrod is the owner of the funeral home that prepared Katherine Galbraith's body. He was there when the casket was pulled out of the ground. He's holding the casket for evidence.

The funeral home did not respond to requests for comment.

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