Folks, there are very good reasons why a body isn't shown to loved ones.

[SunSeeker]

123. What's with your condescending, sexist "Missy" reference? You don't even know what my gender is.

What my gender is or isn't has nothing to do with this conversation.

But your resort to condescending sexism explains your disrespect for Myeshia.

I didn't say it was a "conspiracy." I said the military mishandled this situation by telling Myeshia she couldn't see the body. They should have offered to open the casket after she asked to see the body---after the first time she asked.

For all intents and purposes they did bar her from seeing the body, apparently for paternalistic reasons, which is insulting to Myeshia. Or, they denied viewing because there was no body and they are trying to cover up their fuckup. We don't know why they told her she couldn't see the remains. But that is what they told her. No member of the military is disputing that; only you and the right wing are disputing her statement that she was told she could not see the remains. You demanded to see it in "black and white"; you demanded to know who said that to her. But not once would you consider believing her first hand account.

It is apparent she thought the military could prevent her from viewing the body. They told her she couldn't see La David's remains, despite her repeated requests. I don't think she had the wherewithal to run to court for an injunction. La David worked in the produce department of a Walmart before joining the military. This is not a family of means. The military put her in an untenable position, she could not just take a hatchet to the casket. They effectively barred her from seeing her husband's remains.