A North Austin mortuary worker is dealing with felony costs after allegedly experimenting on corpses and fraudulently acquiring dying certificates.
Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50, was charged with one rely of state-jail felony abuse of a corpse and 5 counts of second-degree felony tampering with governmental data with intent to defraud or hurt.
In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by FOX 7 these incidents return to a minimum of August 2022.
A former embalmer at Capital Mortuary Companies has alleged to TFSC that Bui had “fraudulently initiated and obtained” a minimum of ten dying certificates below his title and license quantity with out consent.
He additionally has alleged that Bui was experimenting on “separated anatomical structures.” He listed the arms of an unknown useless individual.
The “experiment,” concerned injecting formaldehyde into the arms and observing its results over time on the severed limbs, in response to the courtroom paperwork.
A cease-and-desist letter was issued to the mortuary on April 10.
The letter said that the funeral house had “failed to meet building, health, and safety codes and would have to “immediately cease and desist all operations”.
The Austin Police Division obtained eight dying certificates that had been allegedly signed by the previous embalmer through an digital signature, says courtroom paperwork.
The previous embalmer says he was not employed as a funeral director with Capital Mortuary Companies, and as a substitute was employed as a crematory operator, driver and embalmer.
He says he by no means accessed the Texas Digital Important Occasions Registrar (or TxEVER) to acquire these eight dying certificates.
Buie allegedly communicated with a former worker concerning a fraudulent certificates in December 2023 through which she included screenshots.
Bui allegedly wrote “let’s us[e] this update to monitor our experiment,” adopted by images of what police say had been severed and indifferent arms in varied phases of decomposition.
TSFC investigators communicated with APD saying that Bui “then allowed the severed body parts to be placed in the crematory retort, where the body parts, in their dissected and disturbed state, would be cremated,” in response to paperwork.
“Our criminal justice system is based on the presumption of innocence and a careful, critical evaluation of the evidence, facts, and their sources,” Bui’s authorized group mentioned in a press release to FOX 7. “This case involves complexities that are not immediately apparent and should not be sensationalized. Our legal team remains fully committed to defending and advocating for our client, Adeline Bui, with the expectation of fairness and due process.”
Capital Mortuary Companies is now closed.
