Woman Found Alive 13 Days After Her Funeral

A woman Sharolyn Jackson, 50, has been found alive 13 days after her family buried her at an emotional funeral.

According to CBSPhilly KYW, the bizarre saga began earlier this year when Jackson was reported missing from her West Philadelphia home. Authorities found a body that matched her description, and two people, including her son, identified the woman as Jackson.



Jackson "died" on July 20, and was laid to rest by her devastated family after authorities signed a death certificate and released her body.

The mix-up came as a surprise since Jackson's son identified the body.

"The gold standard here [for identifying a body] is visual identification by a family member," so the son's identification was taken as fact, Philadelphia Health Department spokesman James Garrow said

While the family's trial-run grieving process is over, the over-arching mystery remains: Who is the woman actually buried under Jackson's tombstone?

"Right now we're working internally with the city law department to see about exhuming the body, and we're working with the police department to see if we can identify who this woman is," Garrow said.