Family Seeks Answers After Receiving Wrong Remains of Their Father
A family in Canada wants to know why they got the wrong body after their dad died while they were on a trip in Cuba. Faraj Jarjour passed away from a heart attack on March 22nd during their vacation. It’s been a month, and his kids still haven’t received his body to bury. They got someone else’s body instead, and they’re still trying to find where their dad’s body is.
“It’s a tragedy at their house,” Anas Fransis, a close friend of the Jarjour family, told the BBC in an interview.
The family lives in Laval, Quebec. They were at a resort in Varadero on their second vacation day when their 68-year-old dad had a heart problem. There was no doctor nearby, so they had to wait for medical help for an hour and a half. Then, it took seven hours to move Mr. Jarjour’s body to Havana, where the closest morgue was.
The family reached out to Canadian officials in Cuba. They were told to come back to Canada and talk to Canadian authorities about bringing Mr. Jarjour’s body home. They were also asked to pay around C$10,000 for transport.
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After paying, they waited for weeks but didn’t hear anything about where Mr. Jarjour’s body was. They were finally told it would arrive on April 18th. But when it came, it was the wrong body. The body belonged to a younger man with hair, tattoos, and not at all like Mr. Jarjour. The Russian consulate in Canada confirmed he was a Russian citizen.
While on vacation in Cuba, Faraj Jarjour passed away from an apparent heart attack. Currently, the body of the unidentified Russian man is in Canada, but Mr. Jarjour’s body is missing. Mr. Fransis has blamed Canadian authorities for being negligent and claims that the family hasn’t received much help from consular services.
“Where is he?”
