A lawsuit filed by a mom in Chesapeake, Virginia reveals some disturbing allegations in opposition to the funeral house that dealt with the service for her son, who had handed away on Might 2, 2022 from a automobile accident on the age of 24 years outdated.

Seven days after his loss of life, Terreon Williams’ household got here collectively at Snelling Funeral Residence to mourn his passing, and have been as an alternative so impacted by what they skilled that they retained a lawyer and have now filed swimsuit.

In accordance with the swimsuit obtained by NBC affiliate WAVY, Terreon’s mom Tabitha Worrell and the household made a $3,000 down fee to the funeral house to deal with the preparations and scheduled a viewing and repair.

“As mourners approached the physique of Torreon Williams, these folks observed that Torreon Williams’ physique, significantly his face, nostril and mouth, have been coated with and consumed by clumps of maggots,” the lawsuit particulars of what occurred on Might 9, 2022.

Tabitha, “her household, and mates skilled shock and horror on the grotesque show of the physique of Torreon Williams,” reads the lawsuit.

“They supplied this household with a grotesque freak present,” the household’s legal professional Kevin Sharp informed WAVY. “Maggots pouring out of this younger man’s nostril. Maggots in his mouth, and on his face.”

“I simply bear in mind my sister screaming,” Tabitha’s sister Tiffany Barnhart informed the outlet.

And he or she additionally remembers how the workers allegedly responded, with Tabitha saying she noticed one feminine staffer “putting her hand on her, telling her to not make a scene.”

The way in which the lawsuit describes the purported encounter, the worker positioned her palms on Tabitha and informed her, “Do not you make a scene.” One other worker allegedly stated the “flies bought to him.”

“She was mortified by the way in which they reacted,” Tiffany informed WAVY. “They virtually appeared to say, ‘You don’t overreact right here.’ You’re the one guilty, not what they’d finished to her son.”

In accordance with the lawsuit, the maggots had been on Terreon’s physique for a while and “had been purposely ignored” by workers of the funeral house. The swimsuit claims they’d “burrowed into holes in his cheek and moth that had not existed beforehand.”

Tabitha is claiming within the swimsuit that the funeral house didn’t “adequately put together, protect and examine” her son’s physique earlier than the general public viewing. In addition they consider that Snelling didn’t retailer the physique in a sealed refrigeration surroundings, and it was thus uncovered to parts.

WAVY requested Sharp how he believes this might have occurred. Whereas he says the reality will doubtless come out at trial, he supplied his ideas. “How this occurred,” he stated. “They acquired his physique, and they didn’t correctly clear and disinfect his physique, after which he went by means of the embalming course of. That was improper.”

When reached for remark by WAVY, Hollomon-Brown Funeral Residence, Inc./Snellings Funeral Residence, Inc. CEO Casey Jones shared the next assertion: “The sudden passing of Torreon Williams is tragic, and we lengthen our honest condolences to his household. Nonetheless, as a result of the occasions following his loss of life are the topic of ongoing litigation, we don’t consider it’s applicable to remark publicly right now.”

The household’s lawsuit additionally claims that in some methods, the household feels as if they’ve misplaced the Tabitha they knew from earlier than this incident, claiming she now suffers “nightmares, trauma, sleeplessness, flashback, nervousness, melancholy, nausea, humiliation, embarrassment, grief and horror that’s important and completely impacts all of her actions.”

Tabitha, who’s listed as plaintiff, is searching for $5,000,000, in addition to prices and charges and all different aid deemed honest. The lawsuit states that she continues to incur bills associated to her ongoing “psychological therapy and care.”

The case is about for Chesapeake Circuit Courtroom’s civil division on July 28 at 8:45 a.m. The court docket is anticipating a three-day jury trial.