Woman Who Was Found Alive In Coffin During Her Funeral Passes Away

An elderly woman identified as Bella Montoya, 76, was found breathing in the coffin while her relatives were mourning her death.

In the morning ceremony, when the relatives were almost going to change her clothes and proceed with the burying ceremony, Montoya knocked on the coffin, and she was gasping for breath.

She was rushed to the hospital and after spending seven days in intensive care, she passed away from an ischemic stroke.

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Dead Woman Found Alive

A video is going viral on social media where the old lady is lying on the casket and breathing heavily as the ambulance arrives to take her to the hospital and it has people shocked.

The health ministry of Ecuador has taken up the case and the investigation has started. A special committee has been set up which will be responsible for the investigation.

In an interview with AFP, Montaya's son Gilbert Rodolfo Balberán Montoya, said that his mother was taken to the hospital in the morning around 9 am. After a few hours in the afternoon, she was declared dead by the doctor. He revealed he is praying that his mother's health would improve and added, "I want her alive and by my side."

She was taken to the hospital after getting a speculated stroke, also she had a cardiorespiratory arrest and was not responding to any invigorating trials after which the doctor in charge declared her dead, the committee said.

Montaya is now again admitted to the hospital and is under critical observation and under special care. She is currently in the same hospital where the incident took place.

A very similar case happened not very long back in February 2023 where a woman aged 82, was declared dead and was found alive at her own funeral in New York. The lady was zipped in a bag and once it was opened, she was alive and gasping for breath.