Texas mom explains why she believes body she saw ‘skinned’ in museum is her son 

A Texas mother is demanding that the “Real Bodies” exhibit perform a DNA test on one of its preserved bodies that she insists belongs to her 23-year-old son, who died in suspicious circumstances in 2012.

On Nov. 10, 2012, Chris Erick, 23, was found dead in his bed at his grandmother’s home in Midlothian, Texas, about 30 miles south of Dallas, where he had been living at the time.

At the time, police informed his mother – Kim Erick – that her son had died in his sleep after suffering two heart attacks, which they attributed to an undiagnosed heart condition, CBS News reports.

Two days later, the grieving mother viewed the body of her son at a local funeral home and then – without consulting her first – Chris’s father and grandmother arranged for his cremation, giving Erick a necklace containing what she was told were some of his ashes.

‘Something very bad happened’

Despite the official explanation, Erick remained unsettled.Continue reading…