The issue of death notifications — or lack thereof — by the Jackson Police Department has made national headlines in recent months after multiple families said the department never reached out to them ...

This article is part of “Lost Rites,” a series on America’s failed death notification system. A Mississippi coroner’s office under fire for burying people in pauper’s graves without their families’ ...

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When a veteran dies, the federal system begins a tightly scripted sequence of notifications, record reviews, benefits processing, and decisions about remains and burial. Every step relies on one ...