Two members of Congress have asked about restitution for families who were not notified of the deaths of their loved ones.

NBC News found repeated failures to contact relatives who were reachable before the bodies were declared unclaimed. The Commissioners Court did not publicly discuss the details of the new policy ...

There is no central database to count how many unclaimed dead bodies are reported each year nationally, and practices vary depending on the state or county in question. Some state ...

U.S. Reps Veasey and Crockett are asking medical examiners in Dallas and Tarrant counties for more information on unclaimed ...

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. Two members of Congress are pressing officials for answers after NBC News ...

The letter follows a NBC investigation describing how the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth has used unclaimed bodies from Dallas and Tarrant County for medical ...

Tarrant County will take additional steps to find the families of dead people and honor their religious beliefs following an ...