NBC’s ‘Lost Rites’ investigation
By Jon Schuppe
This article is part of “Lost Rites,” a series on America’s failed death notification system.
FLORENCE, Miss. — For more than 10 months, James Aaron Moran’s family searched homeless encampments and shelters for a glimpse of his dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. They reported him missing to police. They called jails and hospitals. They posted about his disappearance on Facebook. At one point, Moran’s ex-wife says, she called the Hinds County coroner’s office and was told it had no record of him.
But that wasn’t true.
