Embalmer Glenn Bergeron holds a booklet of the names of those he has worked on at the Thibodaux Funeral Home in Thibodaux, La. (Sean Gardner / For The Times)
Teddy bears and flowers are left near the grave of Jori Lirette at St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux, La. (Sean Gardner / For The Times)
Embalmer Glenn Bergeron, left, and Stephen Kees, co-owner of the Thibodaux Funeral Home, stand in the chapel. They both view thier work as a higher calling. (Sean Gardner / For The Times)
Kees, left, and Bergeron and his wife, Samantha, stand in front of the funeral home. All three worked on Jori’s body. Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us all, Bergeron said beforehand. (Sean Gardner / For The Times)
A woman stops to look at a memorial outside Jori’s home. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
Jesslyn Lirette, Jori’s mother, pauses while speaking to reporters during a news conference with Thibodaux police. Funeral home co-owner Kees hadnt planned on a viewing, but Lirette, 27, wanted to see her child again. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)
