Body left in Barra do Corda cemetery is collected by the IML of Imperatriz The body left in the municipal cemetery of Barra do Corda, 346 km from São Luís, was collected by the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Imperatriz. On Monday (13), people who passed by the scene only found the bag in which the body was wrapped. According to the Maranhão Civil Police (PC-MA), the remains have not yet been released to the family and will undergo cadaveric examinations that should assist in the investigation into the cause of death. The identity of the victim has not yet been confirmed. Initially, the Civil Police reported that they tried to contact the Timon Legal Medical Institute, but the unit was having problems with the vehicle used to transport bodies. Therefore, the case was forwarded to the IML of Imperatriz, which collected the body. ? Click here and subscribe to the g1 Maranhão channel on WhatsApp Due to the bad smell, the body could not remain in the Emergency Care Unit (UPA). According to the Civil Police, the solution defined together with the unit's management was to leave him in the chapel of the municipal cemetery. However, after the transfer carried out by the responsible funeral home, the body ended up being left in the open. The Civil Police reported that they will notify the funeral home to explain why the body was left in these conditions, as the instructions were to keep it in the cemetery chapel. The body is currently in the IML of Imperatriz. Until the last update of this report, the State Government had not yet commented on the repercussion of the case or the delay in collecting the body by the IML. Understand the case The body of a person in a state of decomposition had been in the municipal cemetery of Barra do Corda, 346 km from São Luís, for almost three days, awaiting collection by the Legal Medical Institute (IML). According to the Civil Police of Maranhão (PC-MA), on Friday (10), the corporation was informed that a body had been found in a forested area in a neighborhood of the city. Civil police officers went to the scene accompanied by the company responsible for funeral services provided to the police. According to the police, the body was taken to the Emergency Care Unit (UPA), which received the incident and registered the case due to the conditions in which the body was found. After evaluation, the unit reported that it was unable to keep the body, which was already in an advanced state of decomposition. Given the situation, the funeral home contacted the Civil Police and, according to the report, received instructions to take the body back to the municipal cemetery, where it would remain awaiting the arrival of the Legal Medical Institute (IML), based in Timon, around 430 km from São Luís. Investigations indicate that the family is unable to pay for the family member's burial, and is awaiting the arrival of the IML team to carry out the legal procedures. What do the authorities say? Decomposed body has been waiting for the IML for almost three days in the Barra do Corda cemetery Reproduction/TV Mirante In a statement, the Civil Police of Maranhão (PC-MA) reported that it ordered the body to be sent to the Emergency Care Unit (UPA), where it should remain until collected by the Legal Medical Institute (IML). The corporation also stated that it was unaware of any authorization for the body to be taken and left in the cemetery waiting for the IML, as the funeral home initially reported. Until the last update of this article, the Government of Maranhão and the City of Barra do Corda had not yet commented on the case.