A North Austin mortuary employee is facing felony charges after allegedly experimenting on corpses and fraudulently obtaining death certificates.
Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, aged 50, was accused of committing one state-jail felony of mistreating a corpse and five second-degree felony offenses of tampering with official records with the intention to deceive or cause harm.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 7 these incidents go back to at least August 2022.
Buie allegedly communicated with a former employee regarding a fraudulent certificate in December 2023 in which she included screenshots.
Bui is suspected of writing a message that read “let’s use this update to monitor our experiment,” accompanied by images showing severed arms at varying stages of decay, according to the police.
Investigators from the Texas State Funeral Commission (TSFC) informed the Austin Police Department (APD) that Bui allegedly permitted the severed body parts to be placed in a crematory retort for cremation, even though they were in a dismembered and disturbed condition, as stated in the documents.
The Austin Police Department received eight death certificates that were allegedly signed by the former embalmer via an electronic signature, says court paperwork. (Austin Police Department)
“Our criminal justice system is based on the presumption of innocence and a careful, critical evaluation of the evidence, facts, and their sources,” Bui’s legal team said in a statement to FOX 7. “This case involves complexities that are not immediately apparent and should not be sensationalized. Our legal team remains fully committed to defending and advocating for our client, Adeline Bui, with the expectation of fairness and due process.”
Capital Mortuary Services is now closed.
