Chris Parham and LaQuanda Brown, are grieving the loss of their two-month-old son, Coi’Seir twice. The couple entrusted Stewart Funeral Home in Washington, D.C., with his cremation, but according to reports, they found the body uncremated in the business’s building. They were initially provided with ashes, believing them to be their son's remains. However, they later learned that Coi’Seir’s body had not been cremated but was found decomposing in the home of Heaven Bound Crematorium owners, Rosa Turner and Brandon Williams, in White Plains, Maryland. 

Heaven Bound Crematorium has faced scrutiny in the past. In 2017, the Maryland Death Services Oversight Board cited the business for improperly storing human remains. In January 2025, the facility was shut down after investigators discovered human bodies stacked in cardboard boxes. 

CJ Greenidge, who used the company to handle her father's remains just before the state's discovery, called the proprietors "evil," The Independent reports.  

"The people that were in charge of running Heaven Bound were evil. I think they took advantage of people at their worst and most vulnerable point. It causes real damage. It's a lot to deal with losing someone that you love and to know that as soon as they left this house, you don't know what could have happened."

According to the outlet, Parham and Brown did not even know their child was going to be sent to Heaven Bound by Steward Funeral Home in D.C. The couple also shared that they felt deceived and that they still have not gotten their son's remains from the organization.  

Parham and Brown have filed a lawsuit against Stewart Funeral Home, Heaven Bound Crematorium, and its owners, seeking $10 million each. They are also calling for criminal charges. 

Governor Wes Moore has launched an investigation into the state's oversight board to determine why the business was allowed to continue despite numerous transgressions and complaints.