Woman at Mortuary Returns From ‘Dead’
<i> Reuters</i>
SEATTLE —
A 68-year-old Seattle woman mistakenly pronounced dead on Halloween weekend was suffering from severe hypothermia that rendered her body cold and apparently lifeless, authorities said Monday.
The woman, identified as Roberta Jones of North Seattle, was rushed to a hospital Sunday after a mortuary worker discovered she was breathing, hours after she had been pronounced dead. She was listed in critical condition.
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