Overview

• Tabitha Worrell sued Snelling Funeral Home in Chesapeake Circuit Court, claiming her son’s body was found covered in maggots during a May 2022 open-casket viewing.
• The lawsuit alleges the funeral home failed to store 24-year-old Torreon Williams in sealed refrigeration and neglected to inspect his remains.
• Family members discovered maggots burrowing into holes in Williams’s cheeks and mouth and were told by staff “don’t you make a scene,” according to the complaint.
• Worrell is seeking $5 million in damages, plus legal costs and fees, for negligence and emotional distress.
• Holloman-Brown Funeral Homes, which owns Snelling, has declined to comment as the three-day jury trial begins July 28.