Overview

• Two families have alleged that the bodies of their loved ones, who died while incarcerated in Alabama's prison system, were returned to them missing their hearts or other organs.
• Brandon Clay Dotson's family filed a federal lawsuit last month against the Alabama Department of Corrections, claiming his body was decomposing and his heart was missing when his remains were returned.
• Charles Edward Singleton's family has also claimed that his body was missing all of his internal organs when it was returned in 2021.
• Both families discovered the missing organs after ordering second autopsies.
• The Alabama Department of Corrections has not yet commented on these allegations.