VERIFY Was a Jefferson County employee accidentally cremated?
Back in 2017 we debunked a story that a Texas morgue employee was accidentally cremated while taking a nap. Now a Michigan funeral home employee was allegedly "cremated by mistake. An employee of a New York, Funeral & Cremation Service died yesterday, after being accidentally cremated by one of his coworkers. According to the Police, 48-year old Michael Jones decided to. MACOMB COUNTY (WWJ) The headline is a scorcher -- It claims a Macomb County morgue employee was accidentally cremated when he took a nap and was mistaken for the dead. Phone lines lit up. "Morgue employee cremated by mistake while taking a nap," states the headline on worldnewsdailyreport.com, a website that posts a disclaimer stating that it is satirical. Facebook users.
VERIFY Was a Jefferson County employee accidentally cremated?
According to the latest fake story, the employee took a nap at work and was accidentally cremated after being mistaken for a dead body. The hoax originated on World News Daily Report, a website that only publishes completely fake news. The image of the "dead" employee was taken from an unrelated 2015 story in about a police constable in Missouri. 00:04 01:41 In Other News Police investigating fatal shooting of four at home in Orange Monday morning The internet is breathing new life into a troubling post about the alleged death of a. A meme doing the rounds on Facebook claims a morgue employee was accidentally cremated "while taking a nap". The image shows a brick building and a news banner that reads "Breaking News Update: Funeral Home Investigation". The meme's story is not new. The earliest version seems to have appeared online in March 2017. Mar 3, 2017 "While he was sleeping, another employee mistook him for the corpse of a 52-year old car acciden. 
FACT CHECK Was a Employee Accidentally Cremated While Taking a Nap?
The article is about the accidental cremation of an exhausted funeral service employee by his colleague while taking a nap. Fact-checking: 1. The article comes from a satirical news website. There is no evidence that the story is based on a genuine incident. In fact, similar claims have been circulating online since at least 2017. In case you need an incentive to stay awake on the job, a nap cost a Texas morgue employee his life, claims a fake news Fake news says Texas morgue employee cremated while taking a nap The Poynter. In case you need an incentive to stay awake on the job, a nap cost a Texas morgue employee his life, claims a fake news. Fake news says Texas morgue employee cremated while taking a nap. The Poynter Institute Menu. Donate State Editions California Florida Illinois Iowa Missouri New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Virginia West. The events in the story stated that a 48-year-old employee, Henri Johnson, was taking a nap on a stretcher after working 16 hours straight, when a colleague mistook him for a 52-year-old road.