- Woman pronounced dead at Nebraska nursing home found breathing
- Funeral home staff discovered that Constance Glantz was alive and called 911.
- Glantz received CPR and was taken to a hospital, where she remains alive.
Staff at a Nebraska funeral home got the surprise of their lives when it was discovered that a woman who had been taken there was still breathing.
Constance Glantz, 74, was believed to have died while in hospice and had been taken to the Butherus-Maser & Love Funeral Home in Lincoln on Monday morning.
But a house worker who was preparing her body for a funeral discovered Glantz was still alive and “instantly called 911,” according to Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin.
Authorities were immediately summoned to the home after an employee noticed the woman breathing and “instantly called 911,” according to Lancaster County Chief Deputy Ben Houchin of the Sheriff’s Office.
Staff at a Nebraska funeral home got the surprise of their lives when it was discovered that a woman who had been brought there, believed to be dead, was still breathing.
‘It is a very unusual case. “I’ve been doing this for 31 years and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before,” Lancaster County Deputy Chief Ben Houchin said during a news conference.
Funeral home staff then began performing CPR on the woman before she was transported to a local hospital.
The woman was initially taken to the nursing home at 9:44 a.m., but that same morning she was pronounced dead at the hospice where she was receiving care and was treated by a doctor, who signed her death certificate.
‘It is a very unusual case. “I’ve been doing this for 31 years and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before,” Houchin said during a news conference later that day.
“We have not been able to find any criminal intent on the part of the nursing home, but the investigation is ongoing,” Houchin said.
The sheriff’s office is investigating but no criminal charges are pending.
