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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 27, 2018, 03:05 AM May 2018

Grieving couple unable to cremate stillborn, conjoined infants due to NC law

APEX, NC (WRAL/CNN) – Because of a North Carolina state law that says two people can’t be cremated at the same time, one grieving family cannot properly mourn their conjoined twin infants.

Unable to cremate their stillborn children, Daniel and Kristin Christensen said the passing days are adding to their pain and grief.

“We just want peace. We just want our babies to come home,” Kristin Christensen said.

Twenty weeks into their pregnancy, the couple’s hearts were lifted and broken in nearly the same moment. They were told they were pregnant with twin girls, but then, they were told the pregnancy had a rare complication.

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