Family Suing NYC After Teen’s Brain Found In ME’s Office

NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Their son died in a horrific car accident, but that was just the beginning of dealing with his heart-wrenching death for his parents.

Next, after he was buried, they found out his brain was on display in the medical examiner’s office.

CBS 2’s John Slattery spoke with the angry parents.

Andre Shipley and his wife, Korisha, said it’s still hard to believe that for two months after their son was buried, his brain was not with the rest of the remains.

“This was tremendously, tremendously out of control. It was bad, nerve-wracking, shocking,” Andre said.

It was in January of 2005 when their son, Jesse, a 17-year-old student at Port Richmond High School, a passenger in a car, was killed in an accident. After an autopsy, the body was released to the family for burial.

But imagine the family’s shock two months later when they learned that a high school field trip to the morgue, involving some of their son’s own friends, noticed Jesse’s brain in a jar.

“Friends who were there saw the brain in a jar, displayed with his name labeled on it,” Andre said.

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