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FedEx box containing suspected murder victim's body has been missing for 3 years


A FedEx driver delivers a cart of packages, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in New York. FedEx is getting hurt by the tight job market. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A FedEx driver delivers a cart of packages, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in New York. FedEx is getting hurt by the tight job market. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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The remains of a suspected murder victim are still missing after they were sent in a FedEx box three years earlier.

Jeffrey Merriweather, 32, died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019, and his remains were sent to the Fulton County Medical Examiner, then to a facility in St. Louis for more testing.

Officials sent the body for testing to understand how the body decomposed so quickly after his suspected murder, but the shipment never arrived. The shipment also may have broken federal law, according to officials.

The National Funeral Directors Association says that only the U.S. Postal Service can legally ship human remains and it must follow specific protocols.

A FedEx spokesperson said that “shipments of this nature are prohibited within the FedEx network."

"It's a nightmare you can't wake up from," said Kathleen Merriweather, Jeffrey’s mother. "I just want—I need—closure. And I know his kids are resilient, but I think they probably need that also."

Officials say that the body was found in an abandoned house 10 days after Merriweather was reported missing. Police believe he was shot outside of a McDonald’s during a botched drug deal.

According to reports, the medical examiner was puzzled by the advanced decay of the body after only two weeks after the alleged murder.

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