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‘I was so shocked. It was horrible’: Family brings man’s body home from vacation, but doctors discover something disturbing from his body

A heartbreaking story.

A family brought their loved one’s body home after he died on vacation in Cyprus. When doctors did a second examination in the UK, they found something shocking. The man’s heart was missing from his body. The family is now fighting to get answers about what happened to 76-year-old Michael Graley.

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According to Lad Bible, Michael was on a trip to Cyprus with his wife Yvonne, 73, and their family when he got a bad cramp in his leg. They took him to the hospital right away. Doctors told the family that Michael died just 10 minutes after he got there.

The problems started when Michael’s body came back to the UK. The family was told a doctor in Cyprus had already done an examination. But when the body arrived, the paperwork didn’t show any cause of death. This left the family with no answers about what actually happened.

Officials made a disturbing discovery during the UK examination

Because no cause of death was listed, doctors scheduled another examination at the Rochdale Coroners’ Office in the UK. During this examination, officials discovered that Michael’s heart had been removed.

Michael’s wife Yvonne spoke to the media about what happened. She said the coroner told them they couldn’t find out how Michael died because his heart was missing. “I was so shocked,” Yvonne said. “It was horrible.”

The family is angry that Michael’s heart was taken without anyone telling them or asking permission. Police in Cyprus later said the heart was sent away for research. But this explanation hasn’t made the family feel any better. Like when people doubt sudden transformations, the family isn’t accepting the official story. The Rochdale Coroners’ Office is now investigating what happened.

This isn’t the only case like this. Other families have faced the same horrible discovery when bodies came back to the UK. A 28-year-old woman named Beth Martin died in Turkey earlier this year. When her body returned to Britain, doctors found her heart was also missing.

A family of five had also passed away after coming to Turkey from Germany on vacation. Initially, it was thought that food poisoning was the cause of death, but later it was revealed that the spray hotel staff had sprayed to kill bedbugs led to the accident.

The Graley family can’t move forward until they get Michael’s heart back. The coroner told Yvonne they can’t determine the real cause of death without it. The family is waiting for the investigation to give them the answers they need.


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