Stricken mother watches as funeral home digs up remains of son, 20, after blundering staff double-booked his GRAVE

An Oregon mother was left completely devastated after a judge ordered her son’s remains exhumed after a funeral home double-booked his son’s grave.

Paula Tin Nyo, 62, pleaded with Oregon’s Skyline Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home to leave the final resting place of her late son Tyber Harrison alone after it was revealed that a wealthy family had purchased the same plot of land from him years earlier.

Harrison, 20, was tragically killed by a truck in March 2016 while walking near the University of Central Florida in Orlando, where he attended school.

According to the lawsuit Skyline Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home filed against Tin Nyo in 2023, her mother purchased custody rights to a plot of land in 2021 that was believed to be a “newly created” area.

But the following year, Tin Nyo received news from the funeral home that Martin and Jane Reser, scion of the $2 billion company Reser’s Fine Foods, had purchased the same land in 2019 for their late son, Alex Reser. It was stated in the legal filing reviewed by the Daily Mail.

Reser, a 30-year-old accountant, died on March 4, 2019, of a fentanyl overdose after becoming addicted to painkillers following a back injury while wrestling in college. Oregon Live reported. He was buried near Reser’s family cemetery.

After realizing the horrific mistake, the funeral home acknowledged the mistake but insisted it had to honor the family who originally purchased the space, court documents said.

In early December, Judge Eric J. Neiman ruled that the land belonged to the Resers and that Harrison’s remains would be exhumed, according to court filings.

Harrison, 20, tragically died in March 2016 when he was struck by a truck while walking near the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

On Dec. 22, after Tin Nyo filed a $17 million countersuit against the cemetery, a jury found that although Skyline Memorial was negligent in overbooking the grave site, it did not cause “serious emotional distress,” according to court documents.

Before the final decision, the funeral home “repeatedly” offered “alternative burial rights” to Tin Nyo; This includes relocating the memorial bench placed at Harrison’s grave and adding a vault to the area where his late son’s baby teeth, hair and a small amount of ashes were found.

She violated her contract with the funeral home by placing these personal mementos in her son’s safe, court records said.

Tin Nyo’s husband, David Williams, spoke on behalf of the grieving mother after the court decision.

“I think the humanity, or the lack thereof, the cruelty and the incomprehensibility of someone thinking they had the right to want that property when their son was already underground, and he didn’t know how to go about it,” William said. COIN.

‘Paula and her children will unfortunately have to go through this again,’ he continued.

Tin Nyo was seen sitting with other loved ones near her son’s gravesite as cemetery workers began the process of exhuming her son.

Williams said he didn’t understand how his wife could feel she wasn’t suffering from this fiasco.

In early December, Judge Eric J. Neiman ruled that the land belonged to the Reser family and that Harrison’s remains would be exhumed as a result, according to court filings. Cemetery staff seen digging grave site

Martin and Jane Reser, the children of the $2 billion Reser’s Fine Foods company, bought this land for their late son Alex Reser in 2019.

After Tin Nyo filed a $17 million countersuit against the cemetery, a jury found that although Skyline Memorial was negligent in overbooking the grave site, it did not cause “serious emotional distress.”

‘They didn’t think he would suffer. “I can’t imagine anyone thinking he wouldn’t suffer,” she tearfully told the news outlet.

‘I feel sorry for people who think this way.’

Court documents stated that the Reser family, identified only as John and Jayne Smith in the lawsuit, did not want to be part of the litigation process, but eventually decided to join it.

During the civil suit, Skyline Memorial Gardens attorney Heather St. Clair made it clear that his client acknowledged he made a mistake.

‘They took responsibility for this mistake, apologized for it, and offered every remedy for it under the law and contract,’ St.Clair said. ‘We want you to look at facts rather than emotions.’

He also resorted to Tin Nyo’s actions, adding his son’s unauthorized remains to the vault. In Oregon, this cannot be done without permission from the cemetery.

Tin Nyo is seen sitting on a bench next to her son’s grave before the move begins

Meanwhile, Tin Nyo’s lawyer, Darian Stanford, argued that the few ashes he added did not equal the huge mess they caused.

Referring to the cemetery, Stanford asked the court, “How long after this case do you think they’ll remember Tyber Harrison?” he asked.

‘You can talk to Skyline through money and they will remember it.’

Following the verdict, Stanford told Oregon Live how surprised he was to hear the judge’s decision.

‘As a lawyer for 25 years, I can say that this is as deeply saddening and disappointing as I have ever experienced. “Paula and her family deserve better,” he said.

The Daily Mail has contacted Skyline Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home, the Reser family, Stanford and St.Clair for comment.