Thursday, June 15, 2023

Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake in Ecuador

CoffinA 76-year-old woman in Ecuador was found alive and knocking on her coffin during her wake in Babahoyo, Ecuador. It has been widely reported that the woman is Bella Yolanda Montoya Castro.

A video has been circulating on social media showing the woman’s son pleading for an ambulance to arrive and, later, the woman inside the coffin receiving medical attention from paramedics. She had previously been declared dead and is now in intensive care at the Martín Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo – the same facility initially declared her deceased.

For more information see Duarte Mendonca “Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake in Ecuador” CNN World, June 13, 2023.

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