Casey Kasem's Body Reported Missing From Funeral Home
Even death hasn't put a stop to the tragic family feud over Casey Kasem, the most beloved top 40 DJ in American history.
Kasem passed away last month, after suffering through Lewy body dementia and being moved from facility to facility by his wife, Jean, who allegedly wanted to keep him away from his daughters. Now his body, still unburied and uncremated, has gone missing from a Tacoma, Wash., funeral home, TMZ reports.
Kasem's daughter Kerri told TMZ she believes Jean stole the corpse and left the country Thursday, just one day after a judge granted a restraining order to keep the body where it was.
Kerri Kasem also asked for the right to an autopsy after she learned that Jean had requested one from the funeral home, CBS reports.
"I'm concerned about the results of any autopsy Jean Kasem may have commissioned and how they might be used," Kerri wrote. "Consequently, I thought it would be best to ask the Washington Court to allow me to have an autopsy conducted by a forensic pathologist of my own selection."
The autopsy hearing is scheduled for July 25.
