Funeral Home Was Set to Embalm a 'Dead' Woman — Who Was Still Breathing. Here's What Her Mom Now Says

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A Michigan mother is speaking out five years after her 20-year-old daughter was mistakenly declared dead

Erica Lattimore is pursuing legal action against EMS workers who contributed to Timesha Beauchamp's death declaration in August 2020

Timesha Beauchamp, who had cerebral palsy, was still breathing when a funeral home worker prepared to embalm her body

The mother of a 20-year-old woman who was mistakenly declared dead and nearly embalmed while she was still alive is speaking out for the first time, five years after the incident.

Timesha Beauchamp, who had cerebral palsy, was declared dead via phone by an emergency room doctor at her Southfield, Mich., home in August 2020, PEOPLE previously reported , citing a family attorney.

A spokesperson for the Oakland County Medi