{"id":257514,"date":"2025-11-11T10:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=257514"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:52:15","slug":"health-officials-urge-families-to-claim-unclaimed-bodies-before-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/health-officials-urge-families-to-claim-unclaimed-bodies-before-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Officials Urge Families to Claim Unclaimed Bodies Before Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-910311867\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/nut-grove-teen-among-six-unclaimed-bodies-buried-by-cbh\/?swcfpc=1\">unclaimed bodies <\/a>are currently being held at <a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-mulls-legislation-that-will-allow-government-to-bury-unclaimed-bodies\/?swcfpc=1\"><strong>Barnes Funeral Home<\/strong> and <strong>Straffie\u2019s Funeral Home<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p><div id=\"antig-2622795920\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/ministry-of-health-alerts-families-that-six-bodies-some-unclaimed-since-2021-will-be-buried-if-left-unclaimed\/?swcfpc=1\">Families <\/a>are advised to contact the funeral homes immediately to arrange private burials. Officials warned that once public interments take place,<a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/ministry-of-health-alerts-families-that-six-bodies-some-unclaimed-since-2021-will-be-buried-if-left-unclaimed\/?swcfpc=1\"> no legal claims <\/a>can be made afterwards.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3868697295\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At Barnes Funeral Home, the remains of <strong>Isaac Roacher<\/strong> remain unclaimed. Relatives are asked to contact <strong>Jessica Barnes<\/strong> at <strong>462-1037<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Straffie\u2019s Funeral Home is holding the bodies of <strong>Purcell Hamilton<\/strong> (died 2 February 2025), <strong>Sylvester Hunte<\/strong> (29 April 2025), and <strong>Richard Farara<\/strong> (29 August 2025). Families should contact <strong>Leigh Ferrance<\/strong> at <strong>462-0575<\/strong> or <strong>462-2954<\/strong>.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3819618686\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   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In a statement, the Office of the Chief Health Inspector said the unclaimed bodies are currently being held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":257515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Unclaimed Bodies: Claim Your Loved Ones Now - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Health authorities urge families to claim unclaimed bodies by November 21, 2025, to avoid public burial arrangements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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