Family of deceased inmate whose body was returned without organs wants answers

The family of Kelvin Moore is demanding answers regarding his death while incarcerated after the family’s mortician discovered most of his internal organs were removed.

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MOBILE, Alabama -- On July 21, 2023, Agolia Moore was already in bed when the chaplain at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest called to inform her that her youngest son, Kelvin Moore, had died from a fentanyl overdose, according to a new report from Andscape. He was 43.

Agolia Moore was devastated by the news. She had spoken with her son that evening and couldn’t believe he died just 90 minutes after they’d gotten off the phone. Then, the chaplain asked her a question that made her even more suspicious about her son’s death.

Six days later, Moore’s body was delivered to his hometown, which is about 350 miles from the prison, Andscape reports. Because he died while in custody, Moore’s body was first sent to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which conducts autopsies for the Alabama Department of Corrections.

But when Moore’s remains arrived in Mobile, the family’s mortician discovered that someone had taken out most of his internal organs, according to Andscape.