Funeral home let 11-year-old girl’s remains rot for weeks before memorial, family says

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The family of an 11-year-old girl who died in late January has filed a complaint with the state against a Riviera Beach funeral home, saying it failed to preserve the girl’s remains and allowed her body to decay in the days before a planned memorial service.

Re’Asia Washington’s family claims that Shawn Johnson Funeral and Cremation — known for its services for many of Palm Beach County’s homicide victims and the subject of a 2018 Palm Beach Post profile — neither embalmed nor refrigerated the child’s body properly, allowing it to reach a state of severe decomposition.

The family filed a complaint with the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services, said Pierre Ifill, Re’Asia’s uncle and a Georgia-based attorney.

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