'We're not going to drop it': The woman whose body has been in the morgue for two years

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Debbie-Lee Gill died in January 2021. Since then, her body has been in a NSW morgue, as her family search for answers and step up legal fights.

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After Debbie-Lee's death, the pain has continued for her family, who say they're stuck in legal limbo in a bid to put her to rest.Since then, her body has remained at John Hunter Hospital's Forensic Medicine Unit. "Disbelief I suppose, shock. We sort of thought we're gonna see through this, it's not going to be long," she said.

In NSW, police report sudden, unexpected or unexplained deaths to the coroner which are reviewed by specialist forensic medicine and investigative teams.

 

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