Sharolyn Jackson, a 50-year-old West Philadelphia woman, recently turned up alive 13 days after her funeral and 27 days following her “death.” As you can imagine, this came as a bit of a shock to her family. Woman Turns Up Alive 13 Days After Her Funeral According to CBSPhilly KYW-TV, the bizarre saga began earlier this summer after Jackson was reported missing from her West Philadelphia home. Police found a body that matched Sharolyn’s description, and two people, including her son, identified it as hers; Jackson thus “died” on July 20. A funeral service was held on August 3. Only 13 days later, Jackson was found alive at a mental health facility, a stunning twist made even more surprising by the fact that her son ID’d her. “The gold standard here [for identifying a body] is visual identification by a family member,” Philadelphia Health Department spokesman James Garrow said. Because of that, his dubious mistake was taken as fact. While the family’s trial-run grieving process is over, the question of how she will be “brought back” from the dead logistically remains to be seen. As does this separate, and over-arching new mystery: Who is actually buried under Jackson’s tombstone?
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Sharolyn Jackson Found Alive 13 Days After Funeral, Officials Perplexed
